Types
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
BOOM!
What is onomatopoeia?
A common word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use.
What is an idiom?
Comparing two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
Oh they kicked the bucket.
What is a euphemism?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is an onomatopoeia?
A drawn out comparison between two unlike things that can go on for many sentences, an entire paragraph, or an entire written piece.
What is an extended metaphor?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
What is an euphemism?
Applying human traits or human qualities to non-human things or beings.
What is a personification?
Light danced slowly across the sky.
What is a personification?
The repetition of the same vowel sound.
What is assonance?
The reoccurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words written in succession.
What is an alliteration?
Try to light the fire
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is Irony?