Figurative Language Terms

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• smilie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

giving human qualities to nonliving things

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

words whose sound suggest its meaning

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

extreme exaggeration

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

a phrase whos literal meaning is different from its implied meaning

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B