FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

HYPERBOLE

• An extreme exaggeration
• Ex.) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

PUN

• A funny way to use a word to emphasize its different meaning
• Ex.) I used to be afraid of boats, but that ship sailed

ALLITERATION

• The occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of close words
• Ex.) Kim's kids kept kiting

ASSONANCE

• When word has the same vowel sounds but different consonants at the begining
• Ex.) Men sell wedding bells

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Word that imitate their sounds
• Ex.) buzz or hiss

OXYMORON

• When two contradictory terms are next to eachother
• Ex.) civil war

PERSONIFICATION

• Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate object
• Ex.) The stars danced in the moonlit sky

CLICHÉ

• An overused expression
• Ex.) Think outside the box

METAPHOR

• A figure of speech containing a comparasin
• Ex.) The room is a dark cave

SIMILE

• A comparison using like or as to describe something
• Ex.) Her hair is like silk

EUPHEMISM

• An indirect expression that otherwise would be blunt
• Ex.) He passed away

PROVERBS

• Stating a general truth or advice
• Ex.) Silence has so much meaning

IDIOMS

• An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words
• Ex.) Raining cats and dogs

CONSONANCE

• Compatability between opinions or actions
• Ex.) Pitter-Patter