Figurative Language ๐
Learning Figurative Language
Similes
Similes use these words such as like or as
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Metaphors
is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics. In other words, a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics.
Alliterations
is a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase.
Assonances
is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. Assonance does not have to be a rhyme; the identity of which depends merely on sequence of both vowel and consonant sounds.
Hyperboles
is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of โunderstatement.โ It is from a Greek word meaning โexcess.โ Hyperboles can be found in literature and oral communication.
Onomatopoeias
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. The use of onomatopoeia for rhetorical effect.
Idioms
is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. An idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.
Ironys
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Situational Ironys
is a literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.
Verbal Ironys
is a figure of speech. The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says.
Dramatic Ironys
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Personifications
is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. In the arts, personification means representing a non-human thing as if it were human.
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Visual images collectively. Visual symbolism.
Flocabulary - Figurative Language
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Figurative Language Videos
These videos tell you about all of the types of Figurative Language.โฌ๏ธโ๏ธโฅ
When Figurative Language Was Invented
by Grindon, Leo H. (Leo Hartley), 1818-1904
From 1818 and now its 198 years old
From 1904 and now its 112 years old
Questions 1-2 Q1
The kid was bright as the sun.
What type of figurative language is this?
A.Simile
B.Metaphor
C.Alliteration
Q2
The man when tumbling down the house boom crack smack
What type of figurative language is this
A.Metaphor
B.Simile
C.Onomatopoeia