Figurative Language

Simile

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of two different things NOT using “like” or “as.” Saying one thing IS another.

• a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”

• an indirect reference or mention of something outside the piece of writing

Metaphor

• a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”

• giving human traits to a nonhuman thing.

• an indirect reference or mention of something outside the piece of writing

• a comparison of two different things NOT using “like” or “as.” Saying one thing IS another.

Personification

• a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”

• giving human traits to a nonhuman thing.

• an indirect reference or mention of something outside the piece of writing

• a comparison of two different things NOT using “like” or “as.” Saying one thing IS another.

Allusion

• a comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”

• giving human traits to a nonhuman thing.

• an indirect reference or mention of something outside the piece of writing

• a comparison of two different things NOT using “like” or “as.” Saying one thing IS another.

Irony

• words that mean the opposite of what they usually mean or the exact opposite of what you would expect to happen

• an exaggeration

• an advance sign or warning about what will happen next

• visually descriptive language

Foreshadowing

• words that mean the opposite of what they usually mean or the exact opposite of what you would expect to happen

• an exaggeration

• an advance sign or warning about what will happen next

• visually descriptive language

Imagery

• words that mean the opposite of what they usually mean or the exact opposite of what you would expect to happen

• an exaggeration

• an advance sign or warning about what will happen next

• visually descriptive language

Hyperbole

• words that mean the opposite of what they usually mean or the exact opposite of what you would expect to happen

• an exaggeration

• an advance sign or warning about what will happen next

• visually descriptive language

What type of figurative language is the following example?

"... the night would be my eyelids."

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is the following example?

"... the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows."

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• personification