Figurative Language Set 1

A metaphor is...

• a comparison which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• a comparison, using "like" or "as," which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• giving human feelings, qualities, or abilities to animals or non-living things.
• when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words that are near each other.

A simile is...

• a comparison which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• a comparison, using "like" or "as," which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• giving human feelings, qualities, or abilities to animals or non-living things.
• when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words that are near each other.

Alliteration is...

• a comparison which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• a comparison, using "like" or "as," which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• giving human feelings, qualities, or abilities to animals or non-living things.
• when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words that are near each other.

Personification is...

• a word that is used to imitate a sound.
• a comparison, using "like" or "as," which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• giving human feelings, qualities, or abilities to animals or non-living things.
• when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words that are near each other.

Onomatopoeia is...

• a word that is used to imitate a sound.
• a comparison, using "like" or "as," which finds something similar between two unlike things.
• giving human feelings, qualities, or abilities to animals or non-living things.
• when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of several words that are near each other.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification