Figurative Language Note-card Review

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

when words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• allusion

• pun

giving inanimate objects human-like qualities

• personification

• hyperbole

• pun

• alliteration

a reference or mention of person, event, statement, piece of art, history, myths, religion, or popular culture.

• alliteration

• allusion

• pun

• hyperbole

“The drip, drop of rain”

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

"He was as brave as a lion"

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

“The classroom was a zoo”

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion