Figurative Language

An obvious exaggeration to make a point or add excitement

• assonance
• repetition
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Words or phrases that are repeated in writings to give emphasis

• alliteration
• repetition
• assonance
• consonance

A word that spells out a sound

• assonance
• hyperbole
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

"Buzz - says the great buzzing bee."

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia

"The air is like a butterfly"

• methaphor
• simile
• repetition
• onomatopoeia

"The wind stood up and gave a shout"

• metaphor
• personification
• imagery
• onomatopoeia

Danny's room is a pig-sty.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• personification

"There was a Young Lady whose nose, Was so long that it reached to her toes;"

• consonance
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• repetition