Figurative Language

Front

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

Back

hyperbole

Front

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

Back

simile

Front

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

Back

personification

Front

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

Back

alliteration

Front

Comparison of two unlike things by stating one is the other.

Back

metaphor

Front

Phrases in everyday language that don't make sense literally but are understood.

Back

idiom

Front

A word that imitates its sound.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Ripley is as lazy as a sloth.

Back

simile

Front

Clouds were cotton balls in the sky.

Back

metaphor

Front

Hiss! Sizzle! Kerplop!

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onomatopoeia