Figurative Language

Giving non living things human characteristics

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

sound words

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

a phrase or idea not meant to be taken literally

• idiom

• hyperbole

• imagery

• alliteration

Using descriptive words to create a visual image

• personification

• alliteration

• imagery

• simile

repetition of the first consonant sound

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

Something that represents something else

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• symbolism

Two words that have opposite meanings (jumbo shrimp)

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

an exaggeration for effect

• alliteration

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole