Figurative Language

Comparing 2 nouns using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Putting 2 words with opposite meaning together to form a new phrase with a new meaning

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Words that represent sounds

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Comparing 2 nouns without using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Extreme exaggeration

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

A saying that isn't meant to be taken literally, but has an alternate meaning known to a group of people.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Giving human qualities to something that is not human

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

The French fries were as salty as the sea

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole