Figurative Language

Front

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

metaphor

Front

Author attributes human traits to ideas, objects, or animals.

Back

personification

Front

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

Back

simile

Front

A word that sounds like its meaning.

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Exaggerated statement not to be taken literally

Back

hyperbole

Front

“The flowers were begging for water.”

Back

personification

Front

“The shuttle rattled off into silence”

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Lightning danced across the sky

Back

personification

Front

“Above the cricket, towers like mountains of light rose into the night sky.”

Back

simile

Front

Teeth chattered in the cold for the bus.

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onomatopoeia