Figurative Language Flipbook

First Name Last NameClass Period

SIMILE

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as to show a shared quality or trait.

Ex. The cotton was as soft as a cloud.

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METAPHOR

A direct comparison of two things without using like or as.

Ex. She is ice.Ex. He is a lion on the football field.

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PERSONIFICATION

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Ex. The leaves danced on the trees.Ex. The wind whispered in my ear.

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ALLITERATION

The repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds. It provides emphasis.

Ex. The day of his death was a dark, cold day.Ex. Peter Piper picked a pepper…

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Allusion

A reference to a famous person, work, event, idea or text to help readers understand meaning.

Ex: When my best friend and I go to the midnight showings of Twilight, we act like teenage girls at a Justin Bieber concert!

Oxymoron

Combines 2 normally contradictory terms.

Ex: Deafening silence Icy Hot

Jumbo shrimp Act naturally Terribly pleased

ONOMATOPOEIA

Words that sound like what they mean.

Ex. bang, boom, sizzle, crash, ring, beep, honk, buzz, oink, swish

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THEME

• The central message or life lesson in a work of fiction.

• Example: The theme in “The Three Little Pigs” is to do something right the first time and be prepared.

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SYMBOLISM

• An object that represents an idea or emotion.

• Example: wedding ring = commitment/love

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MOOD

• The reader’s emotional response to a text; mood is created through the reader’s word choice.

• My example: The mood of Charlotte’s Web in the scene where Charlotte dies is heartbreaking.

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TONE

• The author’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject he is writing about; identified through his word choice.

• Example: The tone of Earrings is one of frustration.

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DICTION

• The word choice used by an author to create a specific meaning and for a specific audience.

• Example: “I want them. I need them. I love them. Beautiful earrings. Glorious earrings.”

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HYPERBOLE (8th grade)

An overstatement or exaggeration without the intention of lying.

Ex. You could knock me over with a feather!Ex. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!

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CONSONANCE (8th grade)

The repetition of two or more consonants at the end of a word or in the middle of words.

Ex. …as in guys she gently sways at easeEx. I think in a blink I will wink and it will cause a

stink.

ASSONANCE (8th grade)

The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming.

Ex. Hear the mellow wedding bells.Ex. The crumbling thunder of seas.

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