Figurative Language Word Search
Figurative Language, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the terms and ideas of a school subject sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: METAPHOR, SIMILE, PERSONIFICATION, HYPERBOLE, IDIOM, ALLITERATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, OXYMORON, SYMBOLISM, IMAGERY, IRONY, ASSONANCE.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Figurative Language word list, defined
- METAPHOR /ˈmɛtəfɔr/ · noun
- A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. Related: analogy, simile, allegory, hyperbole.
- SIMILE /sɪˈmɪliː/ · noun
- A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' to make the comparison. Related: analogy, comparison, metaphor, allegory.
- PERSONIFICATION /ˌpɜːrsənɪˈfɪkeɪʃən/ · noun
- The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to non-human entities, such as objects, animals, or ideas. This literary device is used to create vivid and evocative descriptions, often to convey complex emotions or ideas. Related: anthropomorphism, humanization, metaphor, allegory.
- HYPERBOLE /ˌhaɪˈpərbəli/ · noun
- A rhetorical device in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. It is a figure of speech that involves an obvious overstatement or understatement. Related: exaggeration, overstatement, bombast, rhetoric.
- IDIOM /ˈaɪdiəm/ · noun
- An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the meanings of its individual words, such as 'kick the bucket' or 'burn the midnight oil'. Related: expression, phrase, idiomatic expression, colloquialism.
- ALLITERATION /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ · noun
- The repetition of the same sound, usually an initial consonant, at the beginning of closely connected words, used as a literary and rhetorical device. Related: assonance, consonance, repetition, echo.
- ONOMATOPOEIA /ɒnəmætəʊˈpiːə/ · noun
- A word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes, such as buzz, meow, splash, etc. Onomatopoeias are words that phonetically imitate, resemble or suggest the sound that they describe, such as buzz, meow, splash, etc. Related: sound word, sound effect word, phonetic word, verbal echo.
- OXYMORON /ˌɒksɪˈmɒrən/ · noun
- A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, typically in a phrase or expression, such as 'deafening silence' or 'jumbo shrimp'. Related: contradiction, paradox, double meaning, double entendre.
- SYMBOLISM /ˌsɪmbəˈlɪzəm/ · noun
- The practice of using symbols to represent ideas or objects, or the meaning of a symbol. The use of symbols to represent abstract ideas or concepts. Related: metaphor, allegory, iconography, emblematism.
- IMAGERY /ˈɪmɪdʒəri/ · noun
- The use of vivid or figurative language to create mental images, often used in literature and poetry to evoke emotions and convey meaning. The collective images or pictures that appear in a person's mind or in a work of art. Related: figurative language, descriptive language, imagery, pictorial language.
- IRONY /ˈaɪrəni/ · noun
- A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is opposite of, or contrary to, the literal meaning; an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. Related: paradox, incongruity, sarcasm, ironical.
- ASSONANCE /ˈæs.ə.nəns/ · noun
- Assonance is the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in stressed syllables, used as a poetic and rhetorical device. In a broader literary sense, it can refer to any resemblance of sound between words, including partial rhyme. Related: vowel harmony, sound repetition, euphony, alliteration (loosely).
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