1. Language that you can’t take literally
Figurative Language
Language that you can’t take literally

2. Comparison of two UNLIKE things using like, as or than
simile
Comparison of two UNLIKE things using like, as or than

3. Comparison of two UNLIKE things WITHOUT like or as
metaphor
Comparison of two UNLIKE things WITHOUT like or as

4. idiom
A popular saying that can’t be taken literally (everyone knows what it means)

5. Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object
personification
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object

6. hyperbole
Over exaggeration

7. allusion
a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance (expect reader to be familiar)

8. a word that actually looks like the sound it makes
onomatopoeia
a word that actually looks like the sound it makes

9. contradictory terms appear in a single phrase
oxymoron
contradictory terms appear in a single phrase

10. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#1 Romeo and Juliet
''It is the east, and Juliet is the sun'' (II. ii. 3).

11. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#2 Romeo and Juliet
“Parting is such sweet sorrow”

12. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#3 Of Mice and Men
"The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted" (Steinbeck 93). 

13. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#4 Of Mice and Men
"Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again" (Steinbeck 9).

14. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#5 Lord of the Flies
“He was a shrimp of a boy, about six years old, and one side of his face was blotted out” (Golding 35).

15. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#6 Lord of the Flies
“Wacco! Bong! Doink!” (Golding 33).

16. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#7 Lord of the Flies
Piggy: “Can’t catch my breath” (Golding 9).

17. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#8 Romeo and Juliet
“O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone”

18. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#9 Of Mice and Men
The title of the novel refers to Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse” about a mouse who has his house destroyed by a farmer, and the farmer feels guilty.

19. Word Bank: simile, metaphor, idiom, personification, hyperbole, allusion, oxymoron, onomatopoeia
#10 Lord of the Flies
“A golden light danced and shattered just over his face” (Golding 13).