Figurative Language Review

This is the act of giving non-human objects human characteristics.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

This is a huge exaggeration; an intentional stretching of the truth.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Alliteration

This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Connotation

• Oxymoron

• Simile

This type of figurative language makes a direct comparison between two unlike things; it simply says one thing is another.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Denotation

• Hyperbole

This type of figurative language occurs when two contradicting words are place beside one another in conjunction.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Connotation

• Alliteration

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named; a word that looks like the sound it makes.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

The repetition of beginning sounds in a group of words.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Denotation

The exact "dictionary" definition of a word.

• Connotation

• Denotation

The thoughts, feelings, and emotions we associate with words.

• Connotation

• Denotation

"Shake it like a polaroid picture." This sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration