English - Figurative Language

Simile

• Comparing using like or as

• Comparing not using like or as

• She was as funny as a comedian

• Little snowflake daggers poked my skin

“Cars come and go like frantic ants.”

• personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Metaphor

• Comparing using like or as

• Complete exaggeration

• Comparing not using like or as

• Comparing w/ other unlike things

Allusion

• Item or thing represents some larger idea

• Making a reference to a part of another work of literature

• Word that initiates the sound it represents

• Two unlike things being compared with two other unlike things

Analogy

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects

• Making a reference to a part of another work of literature

• Complete exaggeration to make a point

• Two unlike things being compared with two other unlike things

Symbol

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects or animals

• An item or thing that represents some larger idea

• A word or phrase that does not literally mean what it says; it has some other meaning

• Complete exaggeration to make a point, often used to create a humorous or mean effect

Personification

• Word that imitates the sound it represents

• Complete exaggeration to make a point, often used to create a humorous or mean effect

• An item or thing that represents some larger idea of significance

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects or animals

Onomatopoeia

• Boo! Creeeeek..

• Word that imitates the sound it represents

• Word that does not literally mean waht it says; it has some other meaning

• Item or thing that represents some larger idea of significance

Hyperbole

• Complete exaggeration to make a point, often used to create a humorous or mean effect

• Two unlike things compared together using like or as

• Word or phrase that doesn't literally mean what it says; another meaning

• Two unlike things compared together without using like or as

Idiom

• Giving human-like qualities to non-human object

• Making a reference tp a part of another work of literature

• Complete exaggeration

• Word or phrase that doesn't literally mean what it says