Metaphor
and Simile
and Simile
Compares one thing to another using like or as to help the reader picture, understand, or emphasize something about it.
What is simile?
Compares something nonhuman to a person's human quality or action to help the reader picture, understand, or feel something about it.
What is personification.
Compares reality to an exaggerated version of reality to emphasize a feeling, idea, or quality.
What is hyperbole?
Compares the nonliteral, figurative, cultural meaning to its literal meaning to express an idea in a familiar or memorable way.
What is idiom?
Compares the sound of the spoken word directly to the real-world sound it represents to help the reader hear, picture, or experience what is happening.
What is onomatopoeia?
Compares one thing to another by directly stating that one thing is something else, without using like or as to emphasize a quality, feeling, or idea.
What is metaphor?
Compares two situations or ideas to help the reader understand or emphasize a lesson, idea, or relationship.
What is analogy?
Compares something to a less important or less serious version of itself to emphasize its true importance or seriousness, create irony, or create humor.
What is understatement?
Compares contrasting meanings to emphasize a deeper or unexpected meaning.
Compares harsh or unpleasant words with a softer way of expressing it to make the idea seem less harsh, uncomfortable, or offensive.
What is euphemism?
“Watching the show was like watching grass grow during a drought.”
What is simile?
“The story jumped off of the page with the vivid imagery and figurative language.”
What is personification?
When the knight’s arm is cut off, he says: ‘Tis but a scratch!”
What is understatement?
old news; deafening silence; rolling stop; seriously funny; terribly good; organized chaos; original copy
What is oxymoron?
The bacon sizzled in the pan.
The door creaked open.
The thunder boomed overhead.
The bees buzzed around the flowers.
What is onomatopoeia?
“His words cut deeper than a knife.”
What is metaphor?
Jordan approached teamwork the same way he approached difficult math problems; he tried different strategies until he found one that worked.
What is analogy?
“I am so tired, I could sleep for a year.”
What is hyperbole?
cold feet = nervous
over the moon = extremely happy
pull yourself together = calm down
the best of both worlds = ideal situation
What is idiom?
Saying: “I was let go.”
Instead of “I was fired.”
What is euphemism?