Figurative Language Flashcards
Words that start with the same sound (Sally sells seashells….)
Alliteration
Story that has hidden meaning. (Tortoise and the Hare)
Allegory
Repeating vowel sound (Tune &Food)
Assonance (Just think dat ass)
Popular thought or idea (They all loved happily ever after…….bleh.)
Cliche
EXTREME EXAGGERATION (She has a million followers ughhh)
HYPERBOLE
Dosent mean exactly what says (IT’S RAININ CATS N DOGS AYE)
Idioms mehh
Words appeal to senses. V descriptive. WOW.
Imageryyy
Difference between what somethin appears and what the somethin really is (like getting run over by an ambulance or somethin)
Ironyyyyyyyyy aye
Comparin w/o usin like or as tbh (JUST THINK GUS WATERS) (Its a metaphor you see, you put the killing thing right between your teach but don’t give it the power to do its killing)
Metaphor
SOUND WORDS (Jeremy voice bang, bang)
Onomatopoeia
Words that mean the opposite (head butt, uhmm big baby, jumbo shrimp)
Oxymoron
GIVIN HUMAN POOP TO THOSE NONLIVIN THINGS (flowers dancin and stuff)
Personification xoxoxo
Suggests two meanings, found on tumblr. (Sign language is handy or somethin idk)
Puns obvi
Comparison usin like or as (im cool as ice)
Simile duh hh
Using an object to represent somethin (like that white/black stuff, that.)
Symbolism aye
