Figurative Language Terms

Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

An obvious or extreme exaggeration

• personification

• allusion

• idiom

• hyperbole

Words that make a sound

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• allusion

A comparison between two unlike without using "like", "as" or "than"

• simile

• metaphor

• verbal irony

• synecdoche

A mild way of saying something harsh or blunt

• anaphora

• synecdoche

• idiom

• euphemism

Words that express the opposite of what someone really feels or means (sarcasm)

• verbal irony

• idiom

• allusion

• synecdoche

A saying that isn't meant to be taken literally

• idiom

• allusion

• euphemism

• verbal irony

A comparison using like or as

• metaphor

• assonance

• anaphora

• simile

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

• anthropomorphism

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Makes an animal or object behave and appear as if it is human

• personificiation

• allusion

• anthropomorphism

• assonance