Figurative Language

This is a comparison of two things using the words like or as.

• Idioms

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

This is when authors use words and phrases that appeal to the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste. _____ is often called "word pictures" because a writer recreates an experience for the reader.

• Proverb

• Idioms

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

This is a saying that has meaning and is often used to give advice.

• Proverb

• Idioms

• Personification

• Hyperbole

This is a comparison that doesn't use the words like or as.

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

This means exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.

• Imagery

• Idioms

• Hyperbole

• Simile

These are common phrases or terms whose meaning is changed, but can be understood by their popular use.

• Adage

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Idioms

This is when an animal or an object is being described as if it were human or had human qualities.

• Personification

• Imagery

• Simile

• Hyperbole

This is a word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.

• Idioms

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

This is a short saying that has been popularly accepted over a long period of time.

• Idioms

• Adage

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

My bike cost an arm and a leg, but it was worth the money.

The underlined part is which type of figurative language?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile