Figurative Language English

Alliteration definition

Repetition of consanants sounds of several words in a group

Alliteration example

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

Assonance definition

The repetition of vowel sounds, adds rhyme and music

Assonance example

Hear the mellow wedding bells

Consonance definition

the repetition of consonant sounds, usually with differing vowel sounds, and can be at any point in the word

foreshadowing definition

providing hints of what is to come, and in turn building suspense

hyperbole definition

an overstatement or exaggeration

idiom definition

word, phrase, or expression that cannot be taken literally

imagery definition

a word or group of words which appeal to one or more of the 5 senses

metaphor definition

a comparison between two unlike ideas, without using like or as

onomatopoeia definition

a literary device where the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents

paradox definition

a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection does not

personification definition

something nonhuman is given human characteristics

repetition definition

the use of element language, more than once

simile definition

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

symbolism definition

a device where an object represents an idea

synecdoche definition

a part of something represents/substitutes to stand for the whole thing

understatement

deliberately underwhelming-so as to emphasize