Figurative Language

Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

What does this mean?
When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. 

• very slow
• moves pretty quickly
• still beats everyone
• he's super fast

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

On the way up north to the cabin,
the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. 
This is an example of: 

• personification
• metaphor 
• simile

Personification

• Sound or movement

• Repetition

• Means what it means but not literally

• Giving human emotion to a non-living thing.

The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays... is an example of:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole