Figurative Language

Makes a comparison between two unrelated things WITHOUT using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

A comparison of two or more things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

When human characteristics are given to something that is not human.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

A word that imitates a sound of the object or action it refers to.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyberbole

• idiom

When the beginning sound of words are repeated in close succession

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• alliteration

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

• idiom

A phrase, that through general usage within society, has gained a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the word.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

A figure of speech that makes a reference to a person, place, thing, book or pop culture.

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

He's a walking encyclopedia.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personfication

Love is a battlefield

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification