Figurative Language

Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Life is a roller coaster ride.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Has words that represent a sound.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The siblings fought like cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The rootbeer fizzed as I poured it into my cup.

• metaphoroeia

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia