Figurative Language

Similie

Compares two things using like or as

Metaphor

Says one thing is like another without saying like or as

Personification

Gives human qualities to something non-human.

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration, not meant literally

Symbolism

an object that stands for a larger idea

Trope

A familiar, recurring idea

Pun

A joke with two meanings

Irony

when reality is the opposite of what you expect eg. a pilot has a fear of heights

Rhetorical question

A question that does not require and answer

Alliteration

Repeating of the same beginning consonant sound

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates sounds

Enjambement

when a sentence in a poem does not stop at the end of a line, it keeps going right into the next line

Repetition

A word or structure used again deliberately

Noun

Names a person, place, thing or idea

Verb

A doing word

Adjective

Describing word

Adverb

Describes a verb or adjective. eg.

Personal Pronoun

He, she, they them,

Conjunction

Joins words or clauses: and, but, because.