Figurative Language Terms (copy)

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

a direct comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as"

Personification

giving non-human things human-like characteristics

Onomatopoeia

the use of words that "sound like sounds"

Alliteration

the use of similar starting sounds within each word

hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

imagery

Language is used to invoke the senses

symbolism

Use of words, objects, characters, or places that represent something beyond the literal level

Repetition

Repeated words or phrases

allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

tone

the feeling or atmosphere that the author sets in the story or poem

mood

feeling or atmosphere that the reader gets when they are reading the story

Free Verse

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Stanza

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

Rhyme Scheme

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse