Figurative Language.

Kiandra Morrison October 11, 2011

5th period

Personification

• An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities.

• Ex: If the Sun Smiling Down, or a Boat Hugged The Shore.

Alliteration

• Constant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words.

• Ex: Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia.

Assonance

• Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.

• Ex: I made my way to the lake.

Hyperbole

• Exaggeration often used for emphasis.• Ex: It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing

jackets.

Onomatopoeia

• Words that imitate the sound they are naming.

• Ex: With a buzz or a ding or a hiss or a roar.

Metaphor

• Comparison with a person or thing. (don’t use like or as)

• Ex: My mind is an ocean ; my words are a river.

Simile

• A comparison of two things. (using like or as)• Ex: “O my love is like a red, red rose”.

Imagery

• Use of language that create mental images.• Ex: the imagery of the phrase such sweet

sorrow. (smell, touch, taste, or sound)

Idiom

• A different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words.

• Ex: Its’ raining hard ; It’s raining cats and dogs.

Consonance

• Repetition consonant sounds close together.• Ex: I dropped the locket in the thick mud.