Flashcards
Figurative language
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1Figurative Languageuses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
ex. when pigs fly - 2MetaphoreCompares two things not using "like" or "As."
ex. John was a beast on the football field. - 3SimileCompares two things using "like" or "as"
ex. Life is like a box of chocolates. - 4Alliterationthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers - 5HyperboleExtreme exaggeration
Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. - 6Idioma group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
Ex. Its raining cats and dogs. - 7PersonificationGiving human qualities to nonhuman things.
ex. The sun waved goodbye.