Figures Of Speech Flashcards
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
Metaphor
A comparison of two things by using the words like or as
Simile
An exaggerated statement
Hyperbole
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
Personification
An expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say.
Idiom
A humorous play on words which suggests multiple meaning
Pun
The use of the same beginning consonant sound in a line or verse.
Alliteration
The repetition of a vowel sound in a series of words, phrases and/or syllables
Assonance
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Onomatopoeia
A reference to a famous person, place, or event.
Allusion
Contradictory terms that appear side by side
Oxymoron
The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think
Irony
When an author mentions or hints at something that happens later in the story
Foreshadowing
When an author refers to something that already took place in the story.
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