Figurative Language

A metaphor...

• Compares 2 things using "like" or "as"

• Compares 2 things without using "like" or "as"

• Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

• Is word play or a joke

Personification is...

• Giving human characteristics to something non-human

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

• Exaggerating what you're saying

• Using word play as a joke

Imagery is...

• Using the same beginning sound for a string of words

• Using the senses to describe something in detail

• Extreme exaggerations

• Using a thing to represent a feeling or idea

Hyperbole is...

• An extreme exaggeration

• Giving human characteristics to something non-human

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

• Using words that all have the same starting sound

An Idiom is...

• a phrase that creates it's own meaning

• A group of words that all start with the same sound

• A word that sounds like what it represents

• An extreme exaggeration

An onomatopoeia is...

• A word that creates a sound

• A phrase that creates it's own meaning

• A play on words to create a joke

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

A Pun is...

• Saying the opposite of what you mean

• A play on words to create a joke

• A word that creates a sound

• A phrase that creates it's own meaning

Which type of figurative language is this:

The mom was a real bear when she didn't get her coffee in the morning.

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Pun

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is this:

I'm going to call it a night.

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

This refers to the repetition of the same sound of a letter at the beginning of a group of words.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification