Figurative Language

Figure of speech which gives HUMAN characteristics to non-living things.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

An EXAGGERATION that is too extreme to be taken seriously.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Repetition of the same sound in a sentence or phrase.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

COMPARES two unlike things using the words LIKE or AS.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

A word you might use to imitate a SOUND.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

COMPARES two things by saying one thing is another.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

A common saying that cannot be taken literally.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

I called you a million times!!!

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

It's raining cats and dogs.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

That cake is calling my name.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole