Figurative Language

a life lesson or message of a text

• theme

• personification

• hyperbole

• allusion

a comparison between two things NOT using the words "like" or "as"

• theme

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

giving something non-human a human-like characteristic or ability

• oxymoron

• idiom

• simile

• personification

a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• idiom

• oxymoron

• simile

an extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole

• allusion

• oxymoron

• theme

an expression that has both a literal and a figurative meaning

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• idiom

• metaphor

the reference to something well known or famous

• allusion

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• personification

using two opposite words next to each other or in the same phrase

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• oxymoron

"The student was as busy as a bee" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

"You are a star!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• allusion

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile