Literary Terms/Figures of Speech

Decide if each word, phrase or sentence is: Simile: compares 2 unlike things using "like", "as", “as if”, “as though”, “as _____as”. Example: Their cheeks are like roses. The old man’s face was as wrinkled as an elephant’s hide. Metaphor: compares 2 unlike things by saying one think IS another, without using "like" or "as". Ex: There cheeks were roses. My teacher is a drill sergeant. Alliteration: repetition of a letter or sounds, usually at the beginning of words. This is how tongue twisters were formed. Ex: She wore sixty shimmering shells under her shawl. The majestic moonlight made Maria melancholy. Onomatopoeia: words which suggest the sound of what they are describing. Ex: The ducks were quacking and the bees were buzzing. Personification: to think of or represent as a person. Ex: Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze. Pun: a play on words Using words that sound alike but that differ in meaning (punning). Ex: Where are French fries made? In Greece (grease) Hyperbole: an extravagant exaggeration Ex: He’s older than the hills. Oxymoron: one word for another Ex: Your answers are perfectly wrong.