One Week Course in Figurative Language

Mix & Match Poetry Terms & Definitions.

1.)Figurative Language		3.)Simile - Comparing two unlike things using the words like or as
2.)Literal Language		8.)Hyperbole - An exaggeration of the facts.
3.)Simile		1.)Figurative Language - Saying on thing and meaning something else .
4.)Metaphor		6.)Imagery - Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the 5 senses.
5.)Personification		7.)Idiom - A phrase common to people who speak the same language- saying one thing but meaning another.
6.)Imagery		2.)Literal Language - Meaning exactly what you say.
7.)Idiom		4.)Metaphor - Comparing two unlike things not using the words like or as.
8.)Hyperbole		9.)Alliteration - Repetition of consonant sounds in a piece of writing.
9.)Alliteration		5.)Personification - Giving human qualities to non-human things.