Figurative Language Flashcards
Simile
Comparing 2 things using the words like or as
Metaphor
Comparing 2 things without the word like or as.
Figurative language
Language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally.
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Onomatopoeia
Words representing sounds
Alliteration
When similar sounds are repeated to create emphasis
Assonance
The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
Consonance
The repetition of consonants especially at the ends of words
Rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
Rhythm
A strong regular repeated pattern of movement of sound
Repetition or refrain
A repeated line or number of lines in a poem of song
Personification
Inanimate beings have human like characteristics
