Figurative Language and Sound Devices

Figurative Language and Sound Devices

1. Similies

   • When you compare two nouns with the words LIKE or AS
     • The dog's eyes gleamed like polished gems

2. Metaphor

   • When you compare two unlike objects, thoughts or feelings to describe a relationship
     • Their father was a rock

3. Personification

   • Giving an inanimate object human qualities
     • A standing soldier, the building stood proud

4. Alliteration

   • Sequence of repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
     • The annoying apple ate a mango

5. Assonance

   • the repetition of similar vowels in stressed syllables
     • The slimy slug slipped slowly

6. Onomatepia

   • Words that sound like the sound they are describing
     • BOOM or BANG