Figurative Language

Front

Example: "I have a ton of homework."

Back

hyperbole

Front

Example: "Her voice was music to my ears."

Back

metaphor

Front

Example: "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."

Back

simile

Front

Example: "The palm trees were dancing in the wind."

Back

personification

Front

Example of: "I’ve seen this movie a thousand times."

Back

hyperbole

Front

Example: "You are my knight in shining armor."

Back

metaphor

Front

Example: "Don’t judge a book by its cover."

Back

idiom

Front

“It's a piece of cake.”

Back

idiom

Front

Simile: Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Comparing two unlike things using 'like' and 'as'.

Front

Personification: Giving human traits to non-human entities.

Back

Giving human qualities to a non human things.