Figurative Language

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Figurative Language
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Simile

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or
  as
• Your skin is as smooth as silk.
• My love for you is like a raging fire.

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Metaphor

• A direct comparison of two unlike things not
  using like or as
• Michael Phelps is a fish in the water.
• My neighbor is an evil monster.
• The traffic is a nightmare.

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Personification

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
  (non-human things)
• The stars were dancing in the sky.
• The shoes in the window were calling out my name.

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Alliteration

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the
  beginning of the words.
• The whirling wind wailed all night long.
• Stan sometimes sits with us at lunch.

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Assonance

• The repetition of vowel sounds that occur
  anywhere in the word (not just at the beginning).
  
• Remember its the sound, not necessarily the
  letter!
• Twinkle, twinkle little star
• Up above the world so high

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Consonance

• The repetition of consonant sounds that occur
  anywhere in the word not just at the beginning.
• Example He struck a streak of yucky luck!

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Hyperbole

• Extreme Exaggeration
• My mom is going to kill me if I miss curfew!
• Ive watched that movie a million times!

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Paradox

• A statement that is contradictory but true.
• Why do we drive on a parkway but park on a
  driveway?
• My only love sprung from my only hate.

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Pun

• A play on words where a word has a double
  meaning.
• To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
• I hear people are dying to see the new funeral
  home.

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Dialogue

• Conversation occurring between two or more
  characters
• Are you going to the game? John asked.
• Only if you go, answered Katie.

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Symbol

• An object, person, or concept used to represent
  something else.
• HeartLove
• DovePeace
• Blackevil, death
• Wedding ring commitment

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Onomatopoeia

• When a word sounds like its meaning
• Boom
• Screech
• Whoosh

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Allusion

• A reference to something in history or
  literature.
• He betrayed me hes such a Judas.
• I wish I could just put on my ruby slippers,
  click my heels and be home.

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Oxymoron

• Pairing together two words with opposite meanings
• Pretty Ugly
• Alone together
• Icy hot
• Jumbo Shrimp

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Imagery

• Writing that appeals to the senses (taste, touch,
  hear, smell, sight)
• Ex. -Even the scent of my wet pants and scratchy
  wool sweater seemed to add to the aroma of life.

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Irony

• When the opposite of what is expected happens
• Example You find out you have won a set of four
  brand new 20s complete with spinners, and on
  your way to the tire store, you have a wreck and
  total your car!

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3 Types of Irony

• Verbal -- Where what is said is the opposite of
  what is meant.
• Situational Where events turn out opposite from
  what you expect.
• Dramatic When the reader knows what is
  happening in the story and the other characters
  do not.

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Flashback

• Recalling past events.
• Ex. Scout remembers her childhood growing up in
  Maycomb.

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Foreshadowing

• A hint of things to come
• Ex. - A black cat crosses your path and dark
  clouds move in.
• (Foreshadows something bad is about to happen.)

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Idiom

• A statement meant to be taken figuratively not
  literally.
• Ex. Its raining cats and dogs.

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Foil

• A minor character that serves as a contrast to a
  major character.
• Ex. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell, the
  horrible father, is a foil to the perfect father,
  Atticus Finch.