Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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ISHAMPOO

Use the acronym to help you remember different types of figurative language.

Idiom

• Definition- An idiom is a phrase or expression that is not meant to be taken literally, but is used to exaggerate a point.

• Example- It's raining cats and dogs.

Simile

• Definition: A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• Example: He slept like a log.

Hyperbole

• Definition: A huge exaggeration.

• Example: I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off!

Alliteration

• Definition- Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Similar to a tongue twister.

• Example- Silly sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

Metaphor

• Definition- A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. You are stating that one thing is the other thing.

• Example- My class is a circus!

Personification

• Definition- Giving non-human things human-like qualities.

• Example- My keys grew legs and ran away!

Oxymoron

• Definition- A figure of speech where two contradictory things appear together (opposites)

• Examples- Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence

Onomatopoeia

• Definition- the process of creating a word that imitates or resembles the sound that it describes.

• Examples- Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow!

Multiple Choice

I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off!

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He slept like a log.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Silly sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

• Methaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

My class is a circus!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

My keys grew legs and ran away!

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence.

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow!

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor