Figurative Language

Compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

An extreme exaggeration.

• Idiom

• Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

A word that represents a sound.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Using very descriptive language.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Compares two different things without using the words “like” or “as”.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

The same letter sound is repeated throughout a sentence.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you

would find in the dictionary.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Jonathon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• Idiom