Figurative Language

human characteristics are given to an animal or an object

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

compares two different things without using "like" or "as"

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words (Tongue Twisters)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

word that describes or imitates a sound

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia