Figurative Language

A word or phrase that does not have its normal or literal meaning.

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Compares two things using LIKE or AS.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

An exaggerated statement or claim.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

To give human characteristics to something non-human.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

My brother is such a pig when he eats.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

I was so tired that I slept like a log.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Her smile was a MILE wide.

This is an example of:

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

The wind HOWLED in the night while the lightning DANCED across the sky.

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Simile or Metaphor? My sister is LIKE an angel in my life.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration