Figure Of Speech Flashcards
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement
My backpack weighs a ton
Simile
A comparison of two things by using like or as
He is as tall as a giraffe
Metaphor
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another
My mom is a teddy bear
Personification
Giving human qualities. To animals or objects
The stars winked at me
Idiom
An expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say
She spilled the beans
Pun
A humorous play on words which suggest multiple meanings
I used to be a baker but I did not make enough dough
Assonance
This is the repetition of identical or similar series of words phases or syllables.
ClAp your hAnds And stAmp your feet
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Pow pop splash
Allusion
A reference to a famous person, place or event
Oxymoron
Contradictiory terms appear side by side. Known as a compressed paradox.
Great Depression
Hell’s angles
Criminal justice
Irony
Irony is the he use of words that mean the opposite of what you think in order to be funny
She’s a great singer who sings like a crow
Foreshadowing
When a author mentions or hints at something that could happen later in the story
Flashback
When an author refers back to something that already took place
