Figures Of Speech Flashcards
Metaphor
A comparison in which one thing is said to another. My mom is a teddy bear
Simile
A comparison of two things by using the words like or as
He is as tall as a giraffe
Personification
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
The stars winked at me
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement
My backpack weighs a ton
Idiom
An expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say
She spilled the beans
Pun
A humorous play on words which suggests multiple meanings
Where do pancakes live?in a flat
Alliteration
The use of the same beginning consonant sound in a line or verse
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Assonance
This is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sound in a series of words,phases or syllables
Try to light the fire
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Splash,pop,bang
Allusion examples
A reference to a famous person,glacé or event
Don’t act like a Scrooge
Oxymoron
Contradictory terms appear side by side known as a compressed paradox
Hell’s angels
Irony
The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
She’s a great singer who sings like a crow
Foreshadowing
When an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story
Flashback
Whalen an author refers back to something that already took place in the story
