Fig Lang Definitions

A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as--a direct comparison using the "be" verb--"is, are, was, were, be, been, being, of"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

an extreme exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Repetition of consonant sounds

at the beginning of words that are in a series.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

a common saying that does not literally mean what it says, such as "you are the apple of my eye" or "the math test was a piece of cake."

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• allusion

• metaphor

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art in pop culture.

• simile

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

the actual meaning of a word--language that means exactly what is stated

• literal language

• idiom language

• onomatopoeia

• figurative langage

a non-human object acts like a human. This object takes on human characteristics.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

A word that makes a sound effect. Words that sound like a noise.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• allusion

• alliteration

Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.

• allusion

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom