Figurative Language Review

descriptive words or phrases used in writing to add detail or make comparisons

• aphorism

• sentences

• figurative language

• poetry

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• analogy

comparing two unlike things by using like or as, as if, or than

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

purposely repeating something

• repetition

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

when you give an animal or non-living object human traits

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

words that actually SOUND like the thing they describe

• nouns

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopeia

a really huge, elephant-sized exaggeration

• metaphor

• adjective

• hyperbole

• sarcasm

a common phrase that means something different than the words literally mean

• slang words

• idiom

• semaphor

• onomanotopeia

As red as a tomato

• metaphor

• simile

• dscriber

• allusion

He's a total bear when he wakes up in the morning.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• true.