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simile	A comparison using like or as: fast as lightning		la-figurative-language
metaphor	A comparison saying one thing is another: time is a thief		la-figurative-language
personification	Giving human traits to non-human things: the wind whispered		la-figurative-language
hyperbole	Extreme exaggeration: I have a million things to do		la-figurative-language
idiom	A phrase with a meaning different from its words: break the ice		la-figurative-language
onomatopoeia	A word that sounds like its meaning: buzz, boom		la-figurative-language
alliteration	Repeating a starting consonant sound: Peter Piper picked		la-figurative-language
assonance	Repeating vowel sounds inside words: the rain in Spain		la-figurative-language
consonance	Repeating consonant sounds inside or at the end: pitter-patter		la-figurative-language
imagery	Words that appeal to the senses: the sweet smell of bread		la-figurative-language
symbolism	Using an object to stand for an idea: a dove for peace		la-figurative-language
irony	When the opposite of what you expect happens or is said		la-figurative-language
verbal irony	Saying the opposite of what you mean: Lovely weather! (in a storm)		la-figurative-language
situational irony	When the outcome is the reverse of what was expected		la-figurative-language
dramatic irony	When the audience knows something the characters do not		la-figurative-language
oxymoron	Two opposite words together: deafening silence		la-figurative-language
paradox	A statement that seems false but contains truth: less is more		la-figurative-language
allusion	A reference to a well-known person, event or work		la-figurative-language
pun	A joke using a word with two meanings or similar sounds		la-figurative-language
understatement	Making something seem less important than it is		la-figurative-language
euphemism	A gentle word for something unpleasant: passed away		la-figurative-language
cliché	An overused phrase: only time will tell		la-figurative-language
foreshadowing	Hints about what will happen later		la-figurative-language
flashback	A scene that goes back to an earlier time		la-figurative-language
analogy	A comparison to explain or clarify an idea		la-figurative-language
anaphora	Repeating words at the start of lines or sentences		la-figurative-language
apostrophe	Speaking to someone absent or a thing: O Death, be not proud		la-figurative-language
juxtaposition	Placing two things side by side for contrast		la-figurative-language
metonymy	Naming something by something linked to it: the crown for the king		la-figurative-language
synecdoche	A part standing for the whole: all hands on deck		la-figurative-language
tone	The writer's attitude toward the subject		la-figurative-language
mood	The feeling a reader gets from a text		la-figurative-language
repetition	Using the same word or phrase for emphasis		la-figurative-language
hyperbaton	Changing normal word order for effect		la-figurative-language
antithesis	Putting opposite ideas in balanced phrases: to err is human; to forgive, divine		la-figurative-language
chiasmus	Reversing the order of words in two phrases: ask not what your country can do for you		la-figurative-language
rhetorical question	A question asked for effect, not for an answer		la-figurative-language
sarcasm	Saying the opposite of what you mean to mock or tease		la-figurative-language
satire	Using humor to point out foolishness in society		la-figurative-language
parody	A funny imitation of a work		la-figurative-language
colloquialism	Informal everyday language		la-figurative-language
dialect	A way of speaking particular to a region or group		la-figurative-language
connotation	The feelings a word suggests beyond its dictionary meaning		la-figurative-language
denotation	The dictionary meaning of a word		la-figurative-language
literal language	Words that mean exactly what they say		la-figurative-language
figurative language	Words used in a way that goes beyond the literal meaning		la-figurative-language
mixed metaphor	Combining two metaphors in a confusing way		la-figurative-language
extended metaphor	A metaphor carried through many lines		la-figurative-language