Figurative Language 6th

Front

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is

Back

personification

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

Back

alliteration

Front

Words that imitate sounds

Back

onomatopeia

Front

Exaggeration that cannot be true

Back

hyperbole

Front

Comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other

Back

metaphor

Front

The flower danced in the wind.

Back

personification

Front

Her eyes were like diamonds.

Back

simile

Front

Her smile was sunshine.

Back

metaphor

Front

Everyone knows the answer to that question.

Back

hyperbole