Figurative Language

Review

ALLITERATION

1. Repetition of the first sound in words

ASSONANCE

2. Repetition of a vowel sound IN words

SIMILE

3. A comparison using the words like or as

HYPERBOLE

4. An exaggeration, not a comparison

ONOMATOPOEIA

5. When the word sounds like its meaning

OXYMORON

6. A pairing of words with opposite meanings

CONSONANCE

7. Repetition of a consonant sound in words

METAPHOR

8. A comparison without using the words like or as

Imagery

9. When the author paints a picture using words that appeal to the senses.

IDIOM

10. A word or phrase that has a different meaning, a connotative meaning, not a denotative or dictionary meaning

ANAPHORA

11. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines of poetry

PARADOX

12. A pairing of words with opposite meanings but both are true

JARGON

13. A word or phrase whose meaning is related to a certain group of people

Forced rhyme

14. When you have to force the pronunciation of a word a bit in order for a rhyme to occur.

PERSONIFICATION

15. Giving something the characteristics of a person

Rhyme

16. When words end with the same sound in poetry

Internal Rhyme

17. When words within a line of poetry end with the same sound

Rhythm

18. The beat of the poem due to accented and unaccented syllables

Sight rhyme

19. When the words LOOK like they would rhyme

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