Figurative Language
Alliteration
Allusion
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
meiosis
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
pun
simile
alliteration
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" - "The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe
The repetition of usually initial conosnant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
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allusion
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation in uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere." -Walden, Henry David Thoreau
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
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hyperbole
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "At the time Bogota was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the 16th century." - Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Exaggerated statements or cliams not meant to be taken literally
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idiom
Flip
figurative Language
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
Example: "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." - A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
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imagery
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "… these are Mother's Day chocolates. … I was — able to pick them up at a bargain price. [They're] in perfect condition, … stored under the best of conditions since last spring. All we have to do is remove the purple ribbon that says Mother and we're in business." -The Chocolate War Robert Cornier
Writing about objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses. (painting a picture in your head)
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meiosis
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch." -Mercution after he is mortally wounded by Tybalt -Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
The presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect: understatement.
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metaphor
Flip
figurative Language
A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
"Our words are but crumbs that fall down form the feast of the mind." - Sand and Foam, Khalil Gibran
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Example:
onomatopoeia
Flip
figurative Language
The forming of a word (as "buzz" or "hiss") in imitation of a natural sound
"SMASH! The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor." -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
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personification
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality." -"Because I could not stop for Death", Emily Dickenson
Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature; referring to something well-known
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pun
Flip
a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings, or plays with words that sound similar but have different meanings
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simile
Flip
A comparison of two unlike things, often using like or as
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Figurative Language
Alliteration
Allusion
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
meiosis
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
pun
simile
alliteration
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" - "The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe
The repetition of usually initial conosnant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
Back
allusion
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation in uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere." -Walden, Henry David Thoreau
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
Back
hyperbole
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "At the time Bogota was a remote, lugubrious city where an insomniac rain had been falling since the beginning of the 16th century." - Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Exaggerated statements or cliams not meant to be taken literally
Back
idiom
Flip
figurative Language
an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole
Example: "Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." - A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Back
imagery
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "… these are Mother's Day chocolates. … I was — able to pick them up at a bargain price. [They're] in perfect condition, … stored under the best of conditions since last spring. All we have to do is remove the purple ribbon that says Mother and we're in business." -The Chocolate War Robert Cornier
Writing about objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses. (painting a picture in your head)
Back
meiosis
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch." -Mercution after he is mortally wounded by Tybalt -Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
The presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect: understatement.
Back
metaphor
Flip
figurative Language
A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
"Our words are but crumbs that fall down form the feast of the mind." - Sand and Foam, Khalil Gibran
Back
Example:
onomatopoeia
Flip
figurative Language
The forming of a word (as "buzz" or "hiss") in imitation of a natural sound
"SMASH! The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor." -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
Back
Example:
personification
Flip
figurative Language
Example: "Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality." -"Because I could not stop for Death", Emily Dickenson
Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature; referring to something well-known
Back
pun
Flip
a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings, or plays with words that sound similar but have different meanings
Back
simile
Flip
A comparison of two unlike things, often using like or as
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