Figurative Language Check

Attributing human qualities and characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Exaggerated language used to create an effect:

• Symbolism

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as':

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

A device in literature where an object, idea, or character represents a bigger idea:

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

A word that imitates the sound it represents:

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which something is compared to another thing:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

Author creates an image in the reader's mind; language that appeals to the five senses:

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event:

• Juxtaposition

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

Combining opposite or contradictory terms together:

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Metaphor

Placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast:

• Juxtaposition

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Imagery