Figurative Language

• Allusion


  Makes a comparison to another work or character.
• Hyperbole


  Exaggerates to make a point.
• Idiom


  Figure of speech that only makes sense when taken figuratively, not literally.
• Metaphor


  Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another. (Compares without using "like" or "as")
• Metonymy


  The use of a word or phrase, when you refer to something using the name of something else that it is closely related to.
• Personification


  Giving human-like attributes to a non-living thing.
• Simile


  Compares two things using "like" or "as".
• Symbolism


  When an image is used to represent something else.
• Synecdoche


  When a part is used to signify the whole.
• Alliteration


  Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.
• Onomatopoeia


  Words that sound like what they mean.
• Irony


  A contrast between what is expected and what actually happened.
• Foreshadowing


  Hinting at what will happen later in the story.
• Imagery


  Descriptive language that creates a picture in the readers mind.
• Tone


  The attitude the author has towards the writing (the characters, the situations) and the readers. (The narrator has emotions)
• Mood


  The atmosphere created by the author's word of choice.The feeling the reader gets from reading the words. (The narrator doesn't have emotions)
• Atmosphere


  Emotions or feelings that an author conveys to THEIR readers through description of objects and settings. (The narrator doesn't have emotions)
• Assonance


  The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase.
• Repetition


  When a single word or phrase is used multiple times in short succession for effect.
• Oxymoron


  A phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.