Figurative Language 1

Front

Compares two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Front

Repetition of a beginning sound

Back

Alliteration

Front

An exaggerated statement

Back

Hyperbole

Front

A phrase with a meaning different from its literal meaning.

Back

Idiom

Front

Giving living qualities to non-living objects.

Back

Personification

Front

Time is a thief.

Back

Metaphor

Front

She runs like the wind.

Back

Simile

Front

Silly Sam is surprising.

Back

Alliteration

Front

The dog is so tiny he fits in my pocket.

Back

Hyperbole