Figurative Language

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

When a word sounds like its meaning.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• metaphor

Definition: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

• assonance

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

What does the sentence below actually mean?

Lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was at a dance party.

• There was no lightning in the sky.

• There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm.

• The lightning was bad at dancing.

When a writer references a well-known person, place, thing, event, or famous work.

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Idiom

Standing tall and frozen like statues in a vacant courtyard

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration