Figurative Language Vocabulary

objects or words used to hold the meaning or qualities of something else

• personification

• symbolism

• allusion

• idiom

the trees danced in the breeze

• symbolism

• personification

• idiom

• oxymoron

i'm so hungry I could eat an elephant!

• similie

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

I hate that class! The teacher is the devil!

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• similie

• oxymoron

BANG!

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• similie

• allusion

With all those lies, I'm surprised your nose isn't longer than Pinocchio's!

• allusion

• similie

• personification

• oxymoron

I'm as happy as a bear with a honey pot!

• similie

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

My love is like a flower, growing every day.

• similie

• metaphoe

• allusion

• personification

You might want your umbrella. It's raining cats and dogs!

• idiom

• allusion

• hyperbole

• metaphor

a reference to a well known story, event, object, or person

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• reference