Figurative Language

Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

Comparison made between two things using the words like or as

Occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of words that are near each other.

Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

When the audience knows something that a character does not.

When what is said is actually the opposite of what is really meant.

Expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use. You cannot take the meaning literal.

Comparison made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

Brief reference to a person, place, idea or thing from literature, mythology history etc.

Comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.

Play on words.

Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear next to each other.

Seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth.

When you give human like qualities to an object, idea, or animal.

Use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.