figurative language Flashcards
metaphor
A comparison between two things using “is”
idiom
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at
the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
imagery
Language used to appeal to a reader’s senses: touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight
personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.
repetition
The use of the same word or phrase multiple times and is a fundamental poetic technique.
simile
The comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using “like, as or than”
hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
irony
Implies a distance between what is said and what is meant
onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
anaphora
A poem that repeats the same phrase at the beginning of each line
apostrophe
When the speaker talks to a person or object that is absent from the poem
oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
symbolism
A literary device where symbols work to represent ideas
rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
