Figurative Language

use of descriptive words/phrases to create a picture for the reader

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of an IDIOM?

• The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

• The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Metaphor

• Simile

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

The wind is howling

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

You need to hop of your high horse before your head hits the heavens

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Kyra hung her head like a dying flower.

• Metaphor

• alliteration

• Simile

• simile

What is a metaphor? 

• Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them

• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it

• Big exaggeration, usually with humor

A word form of a sound

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia