Literal vs. Figurative Language

Front

A comparison of one thing as if it were another (without the use of like or as)

Back

metaphor

Front

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

Back

personification

Front

What type of language is used in the statement: "Jack's hair and beard are bright blond."?

Back

Literal language is used.

Front

When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.

Back

figurative language

Front

Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over.

Back

figurative language

Front

The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it.

Back

figurative language

Front

The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

Back

figurative language

Front

What is being compared in this simile: "The skin on the farmer's face was as wrinkled, weathered, and worn as the leather on a horse's harness"?

Back

skin-leather

Front

What is being compared in the simile: "Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses"?

Back

eyes-fish

Front

The repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words (breeze blew briskly)

Back

alliteration