Figurative Language

compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

compares two unlike things by saying one IS the other

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

when human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

repeated sound at the beginning of 2 or more words in a row

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

an extreme eggeration

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

words that sound like the sound they represent

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

What is this an example of? My dad snores like a chainsaw.

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

What is this an example of? Lightning danced across the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Match the following terms to their definitions:

• giving human characteristics to nonhumans

• Personification

• a direct comparison of unlike things (using is/are)

• Metaphor

• a direct comparison using like or as

• Simile

• sound words

• Onomatopoeia

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• an extreme exaggeration

• alliteration

• a phrase that means something different than its official meaning

• idiom

• using descriptive words to paint a picture

• Hyperbole

• repeated consonant sounds

• imagery