Figurative Language Review Preview

The ancient car groaned into third gear.

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

Giving human characteristics or qualities to non-living/non-human things.

a direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

General feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within a reader.

A direct comparison being made between two unlike things, using the word like or as.

The repetition of consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words.

The literal meaning of a word or a group of words (a definition).

How an author, speaker, or narrator feels about a subject

She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green.

The bully cracked his knuckles.

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

The sailboat was flying like the wind.

In a house the size of a postage stamp lived a man as big as a barge.

Exaggerated statements used to heighten effect.

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

The darling dog dared to draw on the careless cat.