Figurative Language

A type of figurative language that does not mean what it literally says.

Ex. It's raining cats and dogs!

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

An extreme exaggeration.

Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Comparing two things using like or as.

Ex. She is as bright as the sun.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Comparing two things not using like or as.

Ex. He is a cheetah!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Using words that sound like the sound they make.

Ex. Bing, clap, whoosh

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Giving non-human things human characteristics.

Ex. The trees danced in the breeze.

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Using words with the same initial consonant sound.

Ex. For the first time in forever

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Find the idiom.

• Out of the blue

• Sally sells seashells

• Boom

• You make my heart race

Find the metaphor.

• Zip, zap

• It is raining cats and dogs.

• Life is a highway.

• The whole world stops and stares.

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