Figurative Language Review

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Personification 
• Onomatopoeia 

A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words

• Metaphor 
• Hyperbole
• Idiom 
• Allusion 

An extreme exaggeration often used for humor 

• Hyperbole 
• Idiom 
• Simile
• Alliteration 

Using the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words 

• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Idiom 

"The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky" is an example of 

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Personification 

BANG! is an example of 

• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Assonance

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed is an example of 

• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Assonance

Life is a winding road is an example of 

• simile
• personificaiton
• metaphor 

If my mom doesn't let me go to the movies this weekend, I'll die! 

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile 

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Allusion