Figurative Language

A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• pun

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• alliteration

"The firework exploded in the air, making a big boom"

is an example of...

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

"He was as cool as a cucumber" is an example of...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

"Peter pranced playfully around the playground" is an example of...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

"The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm" is an example of...

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile