Figurative Language: Top 12 terms & examples

Personification is...

• giving human characteristics to inaminate things

• an exaggeration used to make or prove a point

• a word or phase that means something else.

• a word that imitates sound

Hyperbole is...

• a comparison of unlike things

• a comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• an exaggeration used to make or prove a point.

• a phrase or expression that is overused

Idiom is

• writing involving the five senses; sight, hearing, touch, taste, & smell.

• a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said

• two opposite ideas joined to create an effect.

• a brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from history, the Bible, or literary texts.

A Cliché is...

• a phrase or expression that is oversued

• a comparison of unlike things without using "like" or "as".

• words that make sounds

• a brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from history, the Bible, or literary texts.

Alliteration is ...

• words that make sounds

• what is written or stated is different or opposite what is expected.

• when tow or more words begin with the same initial sound

• a phrase or expression that is overused

Irony is...

• a comparison of two or more words with 'like' or 'as'.

• words that make sounds.

• an exaggeration used to make or prove a point.

• what is written or stated is different or opposite what is expected.

Onomatopoeia is

• words that make sounds.

• a comaprison of unlike things using "like" or "as".

• a phrase or expression that is overused.

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate things.

Simile is...

• An exaggeration used to make or prove a point.

• A word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said.

• A comparison of unlike things using “like’ or “as”.

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate things.

Metaphor is...

• A comparison of unlike things that say something is another thing.

• When two or more words begin with the same initial sound

• A comparison of unlike things using “like’ or “as”.

• A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from history, the Bible, or literary texts.

Oxymoron is...

• A comparison of unlike things using “like’ or “as”.

• Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

• An exaggeration used to make or prove a point.

• A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from history, the Bible, or literary texts.