Figures of Speech Flashcards
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared, usually by using the words “like” and “as.”
Simile
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the words “like” and “as.”
Metaphor
A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, idea, or event in history or literature.
Allusion
The repetition of internal vowel sounds in words that have different endings, such as “saving face,” or “speaking freely.”
Assonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound in a string of words, usually in the first syllable or in the stressed syllable, such as “ceaseless sorrow,” and “wafting downwind.”
Alliteration
A type of rhyming that consists of words with the same consonant sounds preceded by differing vowel sounds, for example, “time, same,” “switch, batch.”
Consonance
The use of words with similar or identical concluding syllables.
Rhyme
A literary device in which the author makes a statement that contradicts reality.
Irony
An exaggerated statement used to add emphasis without meaning to be interpreted literally, for example, “I died laughing.”
Hyperbole
A play on words with more than one meaning or that sound like a different word.
Pun
