Figurative Language

Giving a non-human human-like characteristics.

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• personification
• synecdoche

Comparing two items using like or as

• metaphor
• oxymoron
• assonance
• simile

Comparing two items NOT using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

A word that is a sound

• onomatopoeia
• pun
• idiom
• allusion

Two words that contradict each other

• oxymoron
• allusion
• hyperbole
• idiom

A commonly used phrase

• idiom
• pun
• oxymoron
• assonance

An extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• assonance

A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event

• allusion
• illusion
• hyperbole
• metaphor

Repetition of consonant sound

• alliteration
• assonance
• simile
• metaphor

Repetition of vowel sounds

• assonance
• alliteration
• personification
• metaphor