Figurative Language

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Word(s) that mimic their action sound.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

When two or more words start with the same sound

Back

alliteration

Front

A word or phrase meaning something other than what is said

Back

idiom

Front

The chair cried when the student scraped it across the floor.

Back

personification

Front

Mom's brownies were so good, I ate a million.

Back

hyperbole

Front

Swoosh, the winning basket landed into the hoop.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Slow sloths never swim swifty.

Back

alliteration

Front

The wind screamed outside my window.

Back

personification

Front

The terrible turtle turned tenaciously

Back

alliteration