Figurative language

• What are the 15 types of figurative language?

  Simile

  Metaphor

  Idiom

  Metonymy

  Synecdoche

  Hyperbole

  Personification

  Assonance

  Onomatopoeia

  Alliteration

  Oxymoron

  Litotes

  Allusion

  Pun

  Anaphora
• Figurative Language is a type of language that uses words or phrases to create an image, emotion, or idea beyond their literal meaning.
• A ____ is a way of describing something or someone using "like" or "as"

  Example:

  He was AS quiet AS a mouse.

  She swam LIKE a fish.

  Simile
• ____ compares two different things directly (likely uses "is")

  Example:

  Time is money.

  Ali is like a walking dictionary.

  Metaphor
• An expression that holds a different meaning to its literal meaning.

  Example:

  I'm feeling under the weather.

  (meaning: ill)

  Idiom
• A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it.

  Example: The White House stated today that...

  Example: The Crown reported today that...

  Example: Wall St. walked off with most of our savings.

  Metonymy
• It is when a part of something is used to refer to the whole.

  Example:

  Do you like my new wheels? (Do you like my new car?)

  Synecdoche
• It is an exaggeration for effect.

  Example

  I will love you forever.

  My house is a million miles from here.

  Hyperbole
• A figurative language that attributes human characteristics, emotion, and behavior to animals and inanimate object or idea.

  Examples

  The clumsy turtle enjoys the sun.

  Death robbed her of the chance at happiness.

  You can hear the trees whisper in the dark.

  The stars danced in the midnight sky.

  Personification
• This is the repetition of identical or similar VOWEL SOUND in a series of words, phrases and/or syllables."Try to light the fire""It beats... as it Sweeps... as it cleans!"

  Clap your hands and stamp your feet.

  Assonance
• It is when words sound like the noise being described.Examples"Crunch" went the leaves.The cars smashed into each other.

  Onomatopoeia
• The repetition of the first letter (or sound) within a group of words.

  Examples:

  Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

  Alliteration
• Placing two opposite words together.

  Examples

  The food was awfully good.

  There was a deafening silence in the room.

  Oxymoron
• Ironic statement that can be the opposite of the meaning (pretending)

  Example:

  It's no big deal I lost my key.

  Litotes
• is a casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.

  Examples:

  If it doesn't stop raining, I'm going to build an ark.

  My sister has so many pets I'm going to call myself Old McDonald.

  Allusion
• A joke about words that sound alike but they have different meanings.

  Examples

  A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.

  Grammar lovers have lots of comma sense.

  Pun
• ____typically includes the repetition of the same word or words, they can still contain a slight variation.

  Example

  Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you

  Anaphora