Figurative Language Review

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Front

Giving human traits to animals or objects

Back

Personification

Front

Extreme exaggeration

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds

Back

Alliteration

Front

A word that imitates its sound.

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Her eyes were diamonds; bright and sparkling!

Back

Metaphor

Front

My coffee was as cold as the falling snow

Back

Simile

Front

The food was calling out to me.

Back

Personification

Front

Feet squished and squashed through mud.

Back

Onomatopoeia