Figurative Language

Using "sound words" to describe something is...

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Alliteration is...

• comparing two things using "like" or "as."

• repeating the beginning sounds of neighboring words.

• big exaggeration, usually used with humor.

• comparing two things without using "like" or "as."

Giving something that is not a human qualities that ARE human is...

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

"We waited for an infinity in the doctor's office!"

This is an example of...

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

"The skies wept tears of joy on the day you were born."

This is an example of...

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

"Great big globs of greasy, grimy, gopher guts..."

This is an example of...

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

"Olivia's hair was as curly as a sheep."

This is an example of...

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

"Gage heard the last piece of pie calling his name."

This is an example of...

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

"The meandering stream gurgle through the forest."

This is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

"Dalton was as funny as a barrel full of monkeys."

This is an example of...

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor