Figurative Language & Literary Techniques

Figurative language is...

• language that means exactly what it says.

• extreme exaggeration.

• meaningless words.

• comparative language that is not literal.

Her smile is as bright as the sun. This is an example of _________.

• Personification

• Simile

• Exaggeration

• Metaphor

Your brain is a calculator!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Exaggeration

The moon looked at us through the trees.

Why is this an example of personification?

Play like Cristiano Ronaldo.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

Purchase:

Louis's Luxurious Lavender Lemonade!

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

It's raining cats and dogs!

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Simile

The whispering winds rocked the dancing trees. This is an example of _________ and _________.

• Onomatopoeia & Simile

• Alliteration & Personification

• Personification & Onomatopoeia

• Simile & Metaphor

I'm so tired, I could sleep for a month.

• Exaggeration

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

Time seemed to move slower. Tic-tac, tic-tic, tic-tac.

The bell for the last period just wasn't ringing soon enough.

• 1.     

  2. Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• 1. Language 

• 1. Exaggeration