Figurative language vocabulary

a repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more words within a line

• simile

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Choose the example for alliteration.

• Sally swam six laps around the pool.

• Riiing! screamed the phone.

• The cat in the hat ate a bat.

a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Choose the example of a simile.

• The pillow was hard.

• The pillow was as soft as a cloud.

• The pillow was a giant!

A comparison of two things by saying one IS the other.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Select the metaphor

• Her hair is as shiny as a star.

• He is a worry-wart.

• I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse!

A______ ,such as onomatopoeia

• sound

• sound device

• Boom

an expression or meaning that cannot be understood from the meanings of the individual words themselves (the expression means something else)

EX: It's raining cats and dogs.

• idiom

• figurative language

• sound device

an exaggeration

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

Select the hyperbole example:

• The stars twinkled in the sky.

• I told you a million times!

• The bees buzzed near my bike.