Figurative Language in Poetry

The ancient car groaned into third gear.

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

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

Complete the analogy: Flamingo is a bird as a grizzly is a

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

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

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

Exaggerated statements used to heighten effect.

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

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

The sailboat was flying like the wind.

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

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

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.