Figurative Language

A comparison using "like" or "as" E.G. Ripley is lazy as a sloth.

• onamatpeia

• personification

• metaphor

• Simile

A comparison without using like or as e.g. The clouds were cotton balls in the sky.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

A figure of speech in which a non- human object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. e.g. The snowflakes danced on the ground.

• personification

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The repetition of sounds, especially beginning consonant sounds in two or more words. e.g. Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

exaggerated statements or claims made for effect e.g My homework took me 8 million years to finish!

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• assonance

A common, often used expression that has a different meaning - doesn't make sense if you take it literally. e.g.. The test was a piece of cake. (means it was easy)

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• allitefration

A figurative that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• Big Mac

• Oxy Gen

makes words from sounds. e.g. Hiss! Sizzle! Ughhh!

• hyperboil

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile