Definitions 1
A figure of speech in which two or more objects are compared to draw attention to their similarities. In English, similes are typically marked by the use of “like” or “as”.
Simile
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily used for one thing is applied to another.
Metaphor
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way
Alliteration
Bzzzzzzz
Onomatopeia
A figure of speech in which an animal or object is given human qualities or abilities.
Personification
Personification
An exaggerated statement.
Hyperbole
The snow is a white blanket.
Metaphor.
Define what a flashback is.
A move back in time to an earlier incident.
A word whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.
Onomatopoeia
She’s dull as a doorknob.
Simile
A series of words that begin with the same letter or sound in a sentence.
Alliteration
I’ve told you a million times!
Hyperbole
Loud silence.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms.
Oxymoron
Oxymoron
The use of a milder or less abrasive form of negative description instead of its original, unsympathetic form.
Euphemism
In Sleeping Beauty, when the fairy says the princess will poke her finger and fall asleep until she gets a true love’s kiss.
Foreshadowing
Saying “Gone to Heaven” instead of dead
Euphemism
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses
Anaphora
Saying "Vertically challenged" instead of short.
Euphemism
A hint or allusion to events which occur in the future.
Foreshadowing
I’m not afraid to die. I’m not afraid to live. I’m not afraid to love.
Anaphora
"Break a leg"
Irony