Why Authors Use Figurative Language

An expression that means something more than the literal definition.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical cultural, literacy of political significance.

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

An indirect comparison using "like" or "as"

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Words that resemble the sound the represent

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Idioms

• Hyperboles

A direct comparisson not using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

When the beginning consonant sound repeats

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

What type of figurative language is this sentence: After watching the vintage movie, My Girl, Magohony's tears looked like a river flowing down her cheeks.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Allusion

"Most monsters don’t mind making messes."

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• Imagery

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

"That phone costs an arm and a leg."
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• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Idiom