FIGURE IT OUT!

You say exactly what you mean. You make no comparison, and you do not exaggerate or understate the situation.

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Read between the lines because not everything is as it appears.

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which an exaggeration or overstatement is made to illustrate a point.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• OXYMORON

• HYPERBOLE

IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which animals, ideas, or objects are given human characteristics or form.

• ALLITERATION

• APOSTROPHE

• PERSONIFICATION

• METAPHOR

IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which a comparison is drawn between two dissimilar or unlike things without the use of like or as.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• APOSTROPHE

• PERSONIFICATION

“Your sister is so skinny, she has to run around in the shower to get wet!”

The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Persinification

The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

• Alliteration

He’s a lion when he fights.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Apostrophe