Figurative Language Flashcards
When you compare two nouns using “like” or “as”
Simile
When you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another (don’t use “like or as”)
Metaphor
When two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound
Alliteration
When you make a thing, idea, or animal do something only humans can do
Personification
It is extreme exaggeration used to make a point, used in fictional works, it is a comparison like similes and metaphors but is ridiculous
Hyperbole
A combination of words that has a meaning that is different from the meanings of individual words themselves
Idiom
When you have a word and use it more than once
Repetition
Words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make
Onomatopoeia
A statement that seems impossible at first but actually make sense
Paradox
