Understanding Figurative Language

comparison without "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Personification

Time is a thief.

• Example of Simile

• Example of Metaphor

• Example of Personification

• Example of Hyperbole

an extreme exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Understatement

golden sun poured its warmth over the fields

• Example of Imagery

• A metaphor for happiness

• A description of a sunset

• A simile comparing warmth to gold

Her eyes are diamond sparkling in the sky.

Identify the metaphor in the statement.

• Her eyes are like diamonds.

• Her eyes are diamond sparkling in the sky.

• Her eyes shine brightly.

• Her eyes are the stars in the night.

giving human traits to non-human things

• Anthropomorphism

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allegory

using "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allegory

• Personification

hiss, roar

• Example of Alliteration

• Example of Onomatopoeia

• Example of Metaphor

• Example of Simile

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

a word that imitate sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration