Figurative Language

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personification

simile

metaphor

allusion

alliteration

hyperbole

irony

idiom

onomatopoeia

personification

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Giving human qualities to

nonhuman things.

Ex: The bus whistled as it

came to a stop.

Personification

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Simile

Compares two unlike things

using “like” or “as.”

Ex: She’s as happy as a

clam!

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Metaphor

Comparing two things that
aren’t alike to suggest they
have something in common.

Ex: Your house is a freezer!

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Allusion

A figure of speech that refers to a
well-known story, event, movie, art

piece, person, object, etc., to

make a comparison in the

readers’ mind.

Ex: He is strong like Hercules.

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Alliteration

The repetition of beginning
consonant sounds in two or
more neighboring words or

syllables.

Ex: Kate kept kittens in her

kitchen.

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Hyperbole

An exaggeration that
can’t possibly be true.

Ex: I am so exhausted I

could sleep for a decade!

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Idiom

A group of words whose

collective meaning is not the
same as their individual, literal

meaning.

Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs.

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Irony

The expression of one's
meaning by using language
that normally signifies the
opposite, typically for humorous
or emphatic effect.

Alternatively, irony is also
defined as “a state of affairs or
an event that seems
deliberately contrary to what
one expects and is often
amusing as a result.”

Examples:
1. A cop gets

arrested.

2. A police station

gets robbed.

3. A fire station burns

down.

4. An oncologist is

diagnosed with
cancer.

5. A duck that can't

swim.

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Definition: Naming a thing or

an action by imitating the
sound associated with it.

Example: “Boom” or “buzz.”

Onomatopoeia

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The kitchen table is like a weird,
flat tree only instead of growing

leaves it grows paper.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

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Life is a Rollercoaster

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

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I have told you a million

times to wash the

dishes.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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The car stopped with a

groaning complaint.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The car stopped with a groaning a complaint.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

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My grandmother's garden

is flourishing because of

her green thumb.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

My grandmother's garden is flourishing because of her green thumb.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom

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The clamoring clash of
dishes cracking on the

concrete burned my ears.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The clamoring clash of dishes cracking on the concrete burned my ears.

• Simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• Personification

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You stole the

forbidden fruit when
you took his candy.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

You stole the forbidden fruit when you took his candy.

• Allusion

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

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A pilot who is terrified

of heights.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

A pilot who is terrified of heights.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Irony

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The honeybee

buzzed around the

living room.

identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

The honeybee buzzed around the living room.

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor