Figurative Language

a phrase that does not make literal sense

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

giving human qualities to nonliving things

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

comparing two things using like or as

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• idiom

comparing two things stating that one thing is another; it does not use like or as

• simile

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

Her face is like a sunbeam.

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

She was a library of information.

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

The refrigerator door groaned as I opened it up for a snack.

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

What does this mean? My sister tells everything. I knew she would eventually let the cat out of the bag.

• I knew my sister would keep secret.

• I knew my sister would tell the secret.

Thunder grumbled through the night.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

The black bug bit a black bear.

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration