Figurative Language

Front

Figurative language that compares two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Metaphor

Front

My father was the sun and the moon to me.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Figurative language that attributes human traits to nonhuman entities.

Back

Personification

Front

She loved him so much her heart felt like it could burst.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Sentence using onomatopoeia:

Back

The car zoomed right past us.

Front

Stop beating around the bush and tell me how you really feel!

Back

Idiom

Front

Sentence using an idiom:

Back

That is the last straw.

Front

Sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

Back

Personification

Front

Jacob and Sara have a love-hate relationship.

Back

Oxymoron

Front

Barry bounced the basketball all the way home.

Back

Alliteration