Figurative Language Techniques

2. Vivid pictures created by words. Reader visualises character/setting clearly.
4. A particular way of looking at individuals, issues, events, texts, facts etc.
6. Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase.
8. A word that echoes the sound it represents. Reader hears what is happening.
12. Exclamatory sentence ending in specific punctuation to convey high emotion.
13. Layering images/scenes to have a dramatic impact.
14. The way composer or character feels – conveyed by word choice.

1. Comparison of 2 objects using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
3. A dramatic pause; creates tension or suggests words can’t be spoken.
4. Human characteristic given to a non-human object. Inanimate objects take on a life.
5. Location of a story – internal and external.
7. Message or moral of a story – makes us ponder bigger issues in life.
9. When an object represents one or more (often complex) ideas.
10. Comparison of 2 objects where one becomes another – adds further layers of meaning about object being compared.
11. Words that stir the readers’ feelings.