Figurative Language - Definitions
What is a simile?
An expression used to compare two unlike things to one another, using the word like or as.
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Don't worry, driving out to your house is a piece of cake.
A piece of cake - Idiom
What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound.
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The swift, silent serpent slithered along.
Swift, silent serpent slithered - Alliteration
What is a Metaphor?
An expression used to compare unlike things without using the word like or as.
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The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.
Stretched for millions of miles - Hyperbole
What is an allegory?
The representation of ideas or moral principles by mean of symbolic characters, events, or objects.
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There in the sudden blackness, the black pall of nothing, nothing, nothing - nothing at all.
Nothing, nothing, nothing - nothing at all - Repetition
What is personification?
When human qualities are given to something that is not human, such as a tree, duck, or car.
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The classroom was so loud and crazy, it was a zoo!
It was a zoo! - Metaphor
What is situational irony?
A situation or event that is the opposite of what is or might be expected.
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The lifeguard had to be saved from drowning.
Lifeguard had to be saved from drowning - Situational Irony
What is imagery?
Figurative language that appeals to the senses of hearing, touch, taste, sight, or smell.
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Susan is as gentle as a kitten.
Gentle as a kitten - Simile
What is satire?
A type of writing that uses humour, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to make a point
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The racecar Zoomed around the track.
Zoomed - Onomatopoeia
What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration, usually funny.
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Hold your horses.
Hold your horses - Idiom
What is foreshadowing?
The suggestion or hint of events to come later in a literary work.
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Chocolate chip ice cream is my least favourite.
Least favourite - Oxymoron