figurative language devices

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse a. The snake slithered slowly. b. Creates imagery c. Alliteration- 1. Passing reference or indirect mention a. He's the Einstein of the class. b. Allusion- 2. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words a. I felt depressed in my quest for incest and restless. b. Assonance- 3. The manner in which something is expressed in words a. Diction- 4. Exaggeration a. I exploded Matt's skull. b. Hyperbole- 5. A literary device to create a mental picture by using 5 senses. a. Imagery- 6. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity; comparing two unlike things without like or as. a. Metaphor- 7. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity; word that sounds like what it means. a. BOOM headshot. b. Onomatopoeia- 8. a statement that contradicts itself a. I always lie. b. Paradox- 9. Giving a inanimate object human traits a. The ugly tree. b. Personification 10. Play on words a. Why the fly fly? b. Pun 11. A question which is not supposed to be answered. a. What is the meaning of life? b. Rhetorical Question 12. A repeated phrase or word for emphasis. a. Repetition 13. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') a. Simile 14. Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible a. Symbol 15. Two contradictory words that are side by side a. JUMBO SHRIMP. b. Oxymoron 16. Figurative Language Devices September-16-08 10:34 AM New Section 1 Page 1

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Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of versea.The snake slithered slowly.b.Creates imagery c.

Alliteration-1.

Passing reference or indirect mentiona.He's the Einstein of the class.b.

Allusion-2.

The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive wordsa.I felt depressed in my quest for incest and restless.b.

Assonance-3.

The manner in which something is expressed in wordsa.Diction-4.

Exaggerationa.I exploded Matt's skull.b.

Hyperbole-5.

A literary device to create a mental picture by using 5 senses.a.Imagery-6.

A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity; comparing two unlike things without like or as.

a.Metaphor-7.

A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity; word that sounds like what it means.

BOOM headshot.b.

Onomatopoeia-8.

a statement that contradicts itselfa.I always lie.b.

Paradox-9.

Giving a inanimate object human traitsa.The ugly tree.b.

Personification10.

Play on wordsa.Why the fly fly?b.

Pun11.

A question which is not supposed to be answered.a.What is the meaning of life?b.

Rhetorical Question12.

A repeated phrase or word for emphasis.a.Repetition13.

A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')