Vocabulary Words - FIGURATIVE Language

Front

Word that sounds like its meaning.

Back

Onomatopeia

Front

A huge exaggeration that is obviously not true

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Human traits assigned to non-human things.

Back

Personification

Front

A phrase that means something different than its words.

Back

Idiom

Front

Describing something by comparing it to another.

Back

Figurative language

Front

Normal meaning of words; saying exactly what you mean.

Back

Literal language

Front

Phrase meaning different from its words

Back

Nonliteral language

Front

Comparing two things by saying one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Comparing two things using like or as.

Back

Simile

Front

Boom, splash, and pow are examples of_______

Back

Onomatopeia