Figurative Language XL

A comparison using like or as is

• a simile

• a metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

A comparison that does not use like or as is

• a metaphor

• a simile

• personification

• hyperbole

An exaggerated comparison is

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• connotation

giving an inanimate object human qualities is

• personification

• denotation

• onomatopoeia

• simile

two or more words in a row starting with the same sound

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole

He runs like a deer.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

That nasty man is a fox.

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• idiom

He can jump tall buildings in a single stride.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbolism

• idiom

The wind whistled through the trees.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole