Figurative Language

sound words

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

a saying or phrase commonly used and understood among a group/culture

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

a comparison between 2 unlike things, using the words "like", "as", or "than"

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

giving a non-living thing human qualities/characteristics

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

a comparison between 2 unlike thing, using "is" or "was" INSTEAD of "like", "as", or "than"

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration

an extreme exaggeration

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Darrell darted in front of the car.

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Mr. Popper's Penguins is a pretty good book.

• allieration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Thunder boomed and lightning crashed.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole