Figurative Language

The evening melted away like a snowflake.

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes.

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

The poppies in the field danced joyfully in the wind.

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

She talks at 1000 miles per hour!

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

The blanket was a cocoon.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Break a leg!

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

What is a simile?

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"

• It compares two things using "like" or "as"

• An over-the-top exaggeration

What is a metaphor?

• the beginning sounds of several words in a phrase or sentence are the same or similar 

• a saying with a meaning that is different from its literal meaning

• It compares two things without using "like" or "as"

What is alliteration?

• a saying with a meaning that is different from its literal meaning

• giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects or non-living things

• the beginning sounds of several words in a phrase or sentence are the same or similar