Figurative Language and Sound Devices

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

a comparison of one thing as if it were another

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification

Jack's hair and beard are bright blond. 

• literal language is used
• figurative language is used

When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.

• literal language
• figurative language

The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.

• literal language
• figurative language

Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24 hour shift was finally over.

• literal language
• figurative language

The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then dropping it.

• literal laguage
• figurative language

The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

• literal language
• figurative language

The skin on the farmer's face was as wrinkled , weathered, and worn as the leather on a horse's harness.  What is being compared in this simile?

• farmer-face
• farmer-leather
• skin-leather