Figurative Language Mastery 4/12

Front

Comparing two objects using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Comparing two objects without "like" or "as"

Back

metaphor

Front

Common phrase with a different meaning.

Back

idiom

Front

Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object

Back

personification

Front

Overstatement or exaggeration

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Words that imitate sounds.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Repetition of the same beginning sound.

Back

Alliteration

Front

Figurative language in "Tommy's Tiny Turtle"?

Back

Alliteration

Front

Figurative language: "BOOM! The thunder was so loud!"

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Figurative language: "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

Back

Hyperbole