Explaining Figurative Language

an expression that calls something to mind without explaining it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• allusion

• idiom

extreme exaggeration

• alliteration

• opinion

• fact

• hyperbole

a word formed from the sound that it makes.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• personification

a phrase made up of 2 words with opposite meanings that mean something together.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• oxymoron

The orange octopus overcame the obstacle.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Figurative Language

• language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• explaining the meaning behind someone else's creative work

• the reactions and emotions that a work of literature produces in a reader through words and descriptions

An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common and does not use "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

The sun greeted me this morning.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is considered what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

A ​ (a)   is a comparison between two unlike things using the words ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   .

• simile

• like

• as

• metaphor

• but

• how

• hyperbole

• has