figurative language
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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.
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