Vocabulary -English 1)Methaphor- A comparison on two unrelated nouns not using like or as Example:He drowned in a sea of grief. 2)Simile-a comparison between 2 unreleated nouns using llike or as Example:She was cold as ice. 3)Oxymoron-When two words or phrases contradict each other Example:Bitter/Sweet 4)Alliteration-Repatition of the same begining constant sound Example:Sally Sell Sea On The Sea 5)Hyperbole-Extreme Exageration Example:I am so hungry I can eat a horse 6)Personification-Giving a thing human charcteristics Example:Lightning danced across the sky 7)Allusion-A refrence to a mythical,biblical,historical character or events Example:I thought the software would be useful but it was a trojan horse 8)Idiom-Figuretive language Example:A blessing in disguise 9)Onomatopoiea-Words that sound like the action Example:Bloop 10)Coincidence-to incidences or eventsthat seem planed but are not Example:Ab. Lincon and J.F Kenedy where elected as president in 1860 and 1960 were both shot in the head Pun-A play on words Example:Every calendars day are numbered