Figurative Language

A statement that is a comparison of two things that are not alike. Does not use "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

A comparison of two things that are not alike. Uses "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Giving human characteristics to an object or non-human.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Sound words- when a word's pronunciation imitates its sounds

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

When a set of words uses the same sound or letters repeatedly.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

An exaggeration so dramatic that no one would believe its true

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom