Figurative Language

This figurative language compares two things using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

When you compare two things w/o using like or as, basically saying they are the same thing, you use this kind of figurative language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

This type of figurative language occurs when you exaggerate a great deal (e. g. "I am starving" instead of "I'm feeling a little hungry")

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

This sound device shows emphasis by saying the same word(s) or phrase(s) multiple times

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English!

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

This type of figurative language just refers to the use of sensory details to describe something vividly

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

This type of figurative language occurs when you refer to something outside of the text (like if you reference a mythical creature in your short story)

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Repetition

"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled...

• A simile

• Imagery

• Allusion

• A metaphor

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" is an example of...

• A simile

• A metaphor

• An allusion

• Imagery