Figurative Language Recap

Figurative Language:
Figurative language uses comparisons and exaggeration to describe objects in a more colourful manner.

Literal Language:
Literal language uses words to describe objects in their most basic sense.

Simile:
A figure of speech used to compare one object to another.
The meat tasted like garbage.
He moved like a three-legged horse.
The dog smelled like rotten meat.
It was as hot as a sauna.

Alliteration:
The subsequent use of words that start with the same letter.
Interesting inormation,
Gargantuan grapes,
Smelly shoes.

Onomatopeia:
The use of words to describe sounds.
Crash,
Bang,
Pow,
Boom,
Klang.

Metaphor:
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object as another in a manner that, while isn't literally true, aids in the explanation of an idea or comparison; "metaphors say that one thing is another thing."
The world's your oyster.
'You ain't nothing but a hound dog.'
The man was a pig.

Hyperbole:
Statements not meant to be taken literally.
It's raining cats and dogs.
He cried an ocean.
I was melting in the sunlight.

Assonance:
Assonance is the repition of similar sounding vowel sounds.
Sally sells sea shells beside the sea shore.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
The pie fell from the sky.

Idiom:
A grouping of words in a set order that have a meaning different to the words used on their own.
Let the cat out of the bag,
It's a piece of cake,
Get out of hand.

Personification:
To give a non-human being human-like attributes.
The ground swallowed my hopes,
The sun rested in the sky,
News travels quickly.

Consonance:
Consnance is the repitition of siilar sounding consonant sounds.
The breeze blew,
The foam flew,
The furrow followed free.