Figurative Language

Formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Comparing two things WITHOUT using like or as...

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

An extreme exaggeration is...

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Something that is not taken for its literal meaning is...

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

The feeling a story gives the reader is...

• Tone

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Mood

The occurence of the same letter/ sound at the beginning of words...

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Tone

A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

The author's attitude toward characters or the subject of a piece of writing is...

• Personification

• Tone

• Mood

• Idiom

The tea kettle hissed when the water had boiled.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Tone

The football player was a beast on the field attacking anyone that got in his way.

• SImile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole