Figurative Language

A comparison that uses like or as. It points out how two unlike things have something in common.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

A saying that is not meant to be taken literally; it's meaning is recognized in that culture

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken as truth.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of several words near each other

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

A comparison that says one this in another unlike thing. It does NOT use like or as.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Giving an object, animal, or idea human qualities

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Use of words that imitate sounds

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Combines two opposite ideas for effect

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

The use of language that appeals to the senses

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Rhyme

• Oxymoron

When the accented vowel sounds and all sounds following are repeated

• Alliteration

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Rhyme