Figurative Language

1. the clash between expectations and reality.
5. a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
6. a rhetorical device where words in the first half of a sentence are inverted in the second half of the sentence.
7. the repetition of vowel sounds close enough together to be identified as a pattern.
8. a figure of speech in which a writer makes a reference to a famous story, person, object, or event.
9. a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.

1. an expression that conveys something different from its literal meaning, and that cannot be guessed from the meanings of its individual words.
2. figuratively describing it with human traits in order to craft a vivid image of that object in your reader's mind.
3. a figure of speech in which irreconcilable opposites or strongly contrasting ideas are placed in sharp juxtaposition and sustained tension.
4. compares two different things, using the words “like” or “as” to draw attention to the comparison.