A tool used to help the reader envision or understand what they are talking about by comparing something to something else and making it relatable.

An exaggerated statement or claim that cannot be taken literally.

A phrase that means something completely different from what it sounds.

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

A direct comparison using like or as.

A comparison identifying one thing as another.

"It was so cold that if you were stupid enough to go outside your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times all by themselves, probably so the juice inside of them wouldn't freeze up (Curtis 1)."

What is this an example of?

The boss is like a lion.

What type of figurative language is this?

The tree caught the kite.

What type of figurative language is this?

Break a leg!

What type of figurative language is this?

"He'd been playing Call of Duty all day, fighting against computerized versions of Nazis and doing everything he could, mission after mission..." (Reynolds 91).

“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” (Shakespeare).

What type of figurative language is this?

Which of the following statements is the correct analogy definition?

Peter Piper picked a pair of pickled peppers.

What type of figurative language is this?