Figurative Language Flashcards
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Simile
→ give ex.
comparison using “like” or “as”
→ as bright as the sun
metaphor
→ give ex.
comparison without using “like” or “as”
→ my love is a kitten, my heart a ball of string
metonymy
→ ex
knowing something by an object
ex. crown = royalty
Synecdoche
referring to parts of a whole
ex. wheels = cars, sails = boats
allusion
reference to something well known without mentioning it
ex. chocolate is his kryptonite
hyperbole
over exaggeration
ex. i could eat a horse
understatement
make something less that it is (under exaggeration)
ex. “tis but a scratch” “a scratch?! youre arms off!”
personificiation
give inanimate object human-like traits
ex. the trees dances in the wind
apostrophe
speaking to object, person not in the room, or dead person
ex. “don’t die on me now, marker!”
paradox
contradictory statement
ex. “Deep down, you’re really shallow.”
oxymoron
common phrase that combines opposite words
ex. old news, seriously funny
idiom
expression
ex. beating around the bush
irony
include 3 types
situational: opposite of whats expected happens
dramatic: reader know smth character dont
verbal: saying the opposite of whats happening/what you mean
alliteration
repetition of the same sound
ex. sweet birds sang (sss sound)
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
ex. the rain in spain stays mainly on the plains (ain sound)
