Figurative Language

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

A funny exaggeration is called a/an __________________________.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Words that resemble the sound they describe.

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

An expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

Giving human qualities to objects, ideas or animals.

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Repetition of the first consonant sounds in neighboring words

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

Katie's raincoat is as yellow as a lemon.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Charming children chat in the corner.

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification