Definitions
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.
What is personification?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything.
Metaphor
The tall trees towered over the town.
Alliteration
The chocolate cake was calling my name.
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point
What is hyperbole?
a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.
What is a metaphor?
A horse is a very stable animal
Pun
The guitar twanged as he thumped on it.
Onomatopoeia
Go slow over the road
Assonance
A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is different to a metaphor or simile, in that it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms.
What is Analogy?
The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer
What is Onomatopoeia?
I’ve told you to clean your room a million times
Hyperbole
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Oxymoron
I need a headcount by morning!
Synecdoche (head represents a whole person)
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is Allusion?
A play on words: sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
What is a pun?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...
Anaphora
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Paradox
Take it with a pinch of salt
Idiom (don't take it too seriously)
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part
What is synechdoche?
The repitition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is anaphora?
As soft as concrete”
Irony
Let’s go to the movies!
Synecdoche (Movies as the one movie you will go and see)
It’s the best thing since sliced bread
Idiom (it's really really good)