Figurative Language Notes Review

This type of figurative language is when an author uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things that share some similarity.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

This type of figurative language is when an author compares two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

This type of figurative language is when an author uses a word or phrase that means something other than what is being said. An example of this type of figurative language would be, "Your guess is as good as mine," which means, "I do not know."

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

This type of figurative language is when an author uses an extreme exaggeration to make a point.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

This type of figurative language is when an author gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

This type of figurative language is when words that start with the same initial consonant sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

This type of figurative language is a type of word that sounds like what it describes.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

My little sister is a monster when she hasn't had a nap.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

You are the sunshine in my life.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

The baby's skin was like a rose petal.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia