Figurative Language

Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand

• Jargon

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Pun

When an idea or animal is given human attributes

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Exaggerated statements or claims, not meant to be taken literally

• Allusion

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

A phrase where all of the words start with the same letter; tongue twister

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Appeals to the five senses

• Imagery

• Pun

• Jargon

• Allusion

A joke using a play on words; “dad jokes”

• Pun

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Personification

A reference to a person, place, or thing in “pop culture”

• Personification

• Allusion

• Pun

• Imagery

Naming an action based on what it sounds like

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Jargon

• Pun

My backpack weighs a ton!

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

10-4: Means "okay" in police language.

• Jargon

• Alliteration

• Allusion