ummm english figurative language

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Simile

A comparison between two dissimilar objects or ideas using 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor

A comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Hyperbole

Exaggerations used for emphasis or effect.

Imagery

Figurative language that appeals to any of the five senses.

Symbolism

The use of an object to represent another object or a larger idea.

Apostrophe

A statement made to an absent or imaginary person or object as if they were present.

Alliteration

When a series of words have the same first consonant sound.

Metonymy

Naming one part of something to describe the whole.

Allusion

Reference to a person, place or thing from history, pop culture, literature, myth or religion.

Onomatopoeia

A word or phrase that mimics the sound of what it describes.

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Repetition

The repeating of a word within a sentence or passage for emphasis.

Rhyme

Words that end in the same sound.

Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

Meter

The rhythm or pattern of beats in poetry.

Spondee/Spondaic

A meter with two syllables, both stressed (accented).

Iamb/Iambic

A meter with two syllables, first unstressed and second stressed.

Trochee/Trochaic

A meter with two syllables, first stressed and second unstressed.

Anapest/Anapestic

A meter with three syllables, first and second unstressed, third stressed.

Dactyl/Dactic

A meter with three syllables, first stressed, second and third unstressed.