Figurative Language 2K16

Simile

• Extreme Exaggeration
• Giving human traits to an object or idea
• Comparing two things using like or as
• Comparing two things without using like or as

Metaphor

• Repeating sounds
• Words that sound like the meaning
• Comparing two things without using like or as
• Giving human traits to an object or idea

Hyperbole

• Repeating Sounds
• Extreme exaggeration
• Giving human traits to an object
• Words that sound like the meaning

Personification

• Comparing two things using like or as
• Exaggeration
• Giving human traits to an object or idea
• Repeating sounds

Onomatopoeia

• Comparing two things using like or as
• Comparing two things without using like or as
• Words that sound like the meaning
• Extreme Exaggeration

Alliteration

• Words that sound like the meaning
• Comparing two things using like or as 
• Giving human traits to an object or idea
• Extreme Exaggeration

The snake, slowly, slithered, slowly towards its prey is an example of:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

The words 'bang', 'whoosh', and 'bark' are an example of:

• Similie
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

'Her hair is like gold' and 'as strong as an ox' are an example of: 

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

'The cruel wind tore off the roof og the house' is an example of:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification