Figurative Language
Language that uses words that are different than there literal meaning
Simile
like or as used to make a comparison
Metaphor
using language to make a comparison
Personification
giving something human characteristics
Allegory
something with hidden meaning
Musical Devices
how a poem sounds
Assonance
repeating a vowel sound
Consonance
repeating a consonant sound
Rhyme
2 words that sound alike
Alliteration
multiple words start with the same sound
Allusion
cultural reference to something else
Symbol
replacing one idea with another
Denotation
what it says on the page
Connotation
the word evokes a different definition than its traditional one
Tone
mood, atmosphere
Imagery
using words to paint a picture using the senses
Analysis
the process of separating something into its different elements
Anthropomorphism
changing something to be similar to a human (more extreme than personification)
Apostrophe
talking to something that isn’t a living human
Synecdoche
mentioning a part of something to represent the whole
Hyperbole
extreme overexaggeration
Understatement
under exaggeration
Onomatopoeia
word that has a sound associated with it
Slant Rhyme
words that almost rhyme (mispronounced)
Internal Rhyme
two rhyming words within one rhyme of poetry
End Rhyme
the last word of one line rhymes with the last word of another line
Couplet
two end rhymes next to each other
