Figurative Language

Hyperbole

: Exaggeration Ex- She will be doing dishes forever

Imagery

: To Use descriptive words to create an image in the readers mind (visualizing) Ex- he charged like an angry bull,the words spread like leaves in a storm

Irony

: Using words but meaning the opposite Ex- Fire truck on fire,His lines hit as soft as iron

Simile

: a comparison WITH like or as Ex- He Charged Like a Bull, Sharp as a razor.

Metophor

: a comparison WITHOUT like or as Ex-His life is a highway

Alluision

: a reference to an historical event or person Ex-A lyrical Houdini, Dolphins in 72 he wont loose

Personification

: giving human like qualities to non-human things like objects and animals Ex- The moon smiles, The city breathes

asonance

: repetition of vowel sounds within a word Ex- He seems the least beat in any season

Alliteration

: the repetition of initial consonant sound. Ex-Sally Sold Sea Shells on the Sea Shore

onomatopiea

: word that sound like what it is Ex- buzzing,moan,boom,crash,pow