Figurative Language

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Sound words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

What is personification

• Same beginning letter sounds.

• Giving a human quality to a nonhuman object

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• When the audience knows something the characters do not.

What is alliteration?

• Same beginning letter sounds.

• Sound words

• When the audience knows something the characters do not.

• A well- known phrase that should not be taken literally.

What is an idiom?

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• When the outcome is opposite of what is expected.

• A phrase that should not be taken literally.

• Comparing two things saying one is another.

What is a hyperbole?

• Using extreme exaggeration

• Giving a human characteristic to a nonhuman object.

• Making reference to a historical character, work of art, text, etc.

• When someone says something, but means the opposite.