Figurative Language

Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

An obvious exaggeration

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

A comparison between 2 unlike things. WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Giving non-human objects human qualities

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

A comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

"Piper piped a pepper"

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Paul was so big, his shirt buttons were made of wagon wheels!

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Laughter is music to the soul

• simile

• metaphor

ding-dong!

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile