Figurative Language Review

A reference to something else (a book, movie, historical event, famous quote, the Bible, mythology, etc.)

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration

• idiom

A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• allusion

A series of words repeating the same beginning sound

• allusion

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally

• simile

• oxymoron

• allusion

• idiom

An exaggeration used for dramatic effect

• hyperbole

• idiom

• oxymoron

• personification

Giving a non-living thing living characteristics

• hyperbole

• understatement

• allusion

• personification

When two words right beside each other are opposites

• understatement

• allusion

• alliteration

• oxymoron

When the word itself imitates the sound made; the sound effect mimicking the thing being described

• oxymoron

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

The raindrops hit the pavement like tears falling from the sky.

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• simile

My stomach was growling.

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron