Fugures Of Speech Flashcards
Metaphor
Comparing two things that. Are not alike. The comparison can be created by stating that one thing is said to be another
Ex. He is a star in Hollywood
Simile
A metaphor that uses special comparisons words such as like or as and than to compare two unlike things
Ex. He had legs like toothpicks
Personification
Provides an inanimate object(non living thing) with human qualities or charectoristics
Ex. The sun smiled down on the happy village
Onomatopoeia
A word that tries to imitate the sound it describes
Ex. The chains rattled and u moaned as the cat meowed
Alliteration
When a group of two or more words repeat the same initial constant sounds. That is, the sound being repeated is at the start of the words ( tough twisters are alliterations
Ex. He hurried horror driven