Figurative Language

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another.

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

A word that imitates the sound of what it describes.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A sound device used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Life is a roller coaster.

• metaphor

• similie

• alliteration

• hyperbole

My backpack weighs a ton.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

The acorn plopped into the puddle.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personfication

• onomatopoeia

You were as brave as a lion.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

The stars danced playfully in the moon sky.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration