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Types of Figurative Language•Adages and Proverbs•Alliteration•Dialect•Hyperbole•Idiom•Imagery•Metaphor•Mood•Onomatopoeia•Personification•Simile

Adages and proverbs- sayings that reflect wisdom and truth and are based upon generations of experience. Ex. “Where there is smoke, there is fire.” “Don’t cry wolf.”

Alliteration- The repetition of the same initial consonant letter or sound. Ex. She sells sea shells by the seashore.

Dialect-a particular form of a language that is characteristic of a specific region or group of people.

Ex. Marty Preston speaks in a southern dialect.(Pa don’t know nothin’ about dogs.)

Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration; an overstatement that is usually unbelievable and humorous Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Idiom- a figure of speech where the words mean something other than what they literally say Ex. It’s raining cats and dogs.

Imagery- words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch Ex. The big, slippery trout plunged silently back into the river.

Metaphor- a comparison of two unlike objects and states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Ex. He is a bull on the football field.

Mood- is the atmosphere or the emotion a piece of writing arouses in a reader. Ex.The story, Miss Alaineus,made me laugh.

Simile- a comparison of two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as.”Ex. Her brown eyes were like pools of dark chocolate.