Figurative Language

Given human characteristics to inanimate things

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

An exaggeration to make or prove a point

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

A comparison of unlike things using “like” or “as”

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

words that make sound

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• symbolism

A phrase or expression that is overused

• hyperbole

• cliche

• idiom

• personification

When two or more words begin with the same initial sound

• idiom

• allusion

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia