comparison of two things using a “like” or “as” example: his clothes were as brighter than...
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Figurative LanguageBy: Keivon Webb
Simile
Comparison of two things using a “like” or “as”
Example: His clothes were as brighter than the sun
Hyperbole
Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect
Example: I have a ton of homework
Alliteration
The repetition of the first constant sound in words
Example: Look at the leaning tower of leopards
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God
Example: she has a stone heart
Personification
Giving living actions to a nonhuman thing
Example: the tree reached out and grabbed me
Onomatopoeia The formation of a word, as cuckoo,
meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent
Example: Splash
Idiom
Expressions that don’t exactly mean what they say
Example: Its raining cats and dogs outside
Understatement
A disclosure or statement that is less than complete.
A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty