Figurative Language Practice

Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Definition: an exaggerated statement used to create an emphasis

• hyperbole

• simile

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

Definition: comparing two unlike things by using “like” or “as”

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

Definition: visually descriptive language that represent things in such a way that appeals to our physical senses

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

• imagery

Definition: a phrase that combines two words that are opposite

• allusion

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Definition: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature

• allusion

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Definition: a word that resembles the sound it represents

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• allusion

Definition: comparing two unlike things by NOT using “like” or “as”

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• personification

Definition: an expression whose meanings are different from the actual literal meaning of the words

• imagery

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Definition: the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

• onomatopoeia