Figurative Language

extreme exaggeration that is not intended to be believed

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• hyperbole

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are near each other usually in a poem

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

a comparison of two unlike things that states that one thing is the other thing

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

giving an inanimate object characteristics of a human

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• hyperbole

• assonance

• simile

• personification

a word created to mimic a sound

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• rhyme

"Life is a highway; I'm going to ride it all night long!"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• pun

Boom Boom Pow

• Idiom

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

"Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?"

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• pun