Figurative language vocabulary (multiple choice)

Creative use of language, beyond the dictionary definition

• Figurative

• Literal

• Simile

• Metaphor

The dictionary definitions of language

• Figurative

• Literal

• Simlie

• Metaphor

Meaningful comparison using "like" or "as"

• Figurative

• Literal

• Simlie

• Metaphor

Meaningful comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

• Figurative

• Literal

• Simile

• Metaphor

Saying less than reality for humorous effect

• understatement

• hyperbole

• imagery

• idiom

Meaningful exaggeration

• understatement

• hyperbole

• imagery

• idiom

When the sound is a word

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

• symbol

When a thing represents an idea

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

• symbol

A joke about different words with the same sound

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• pun

• symbol

Common everyday figurative language

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• symbol