Figurative Language 1
Bob is a hungry wolf
Metaphor
Alliteration
The wind whispered her name
Personification
Rip-roar fire, it stutters on
Sue smells like a rose, filling the air with her sweet scent
Simile
I love you more than life itself
Hyperbole
A turtle in the fertile soil
Internal rhyme
Consonance
Faith unfaithful
Oxymoron
The deepest night,
burning bright.
Enjambment
It's the whiff of coffee that wakes me up in the morning
Imagery
The fear of long words is hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio
Irony
Bright night, a full moon above.
Assonance
Carbonated drinks = pop (Midwest), soda (Northeast/West Coast), coke (South)
Colloquialism
For we that live to please, must please to live.
Chiasmus
Her silence was deafening
Paradox
She is no beauty queen
Litote
On top of the hill,
the moon is full.
Imperfect Rhyme
You're getting a little thin on top
Euphemism
Terrifical
Nonce
A dying Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
Pun
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears
Zeugma
Listen to the water flow,
from the top I don't see how.
Eye Rhyme
I'm not taking advice from the suits
Synecdoche
The sedge has wither'd from the lake
Elision
The crown had Princess Diana murdered. Crown = monarchy
Metonymy