Figurative Language

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

An extreme exaggeration.

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

A word that represents a sound.

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Using very descriptive language.

• personification

• alliteration

• imagery

• idiom

Comparing two different things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

The same letter sound (consonants ONLY) is repeated throughout a sentence.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Giving HUMAN characteristics to non-human objects.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

An expression where the words used mean something different than you would find in the dictionary.

• hyperbole

• imagery

• idiom

• simile

What type of figurative language is this:

Jonathan was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

What kind of figurative language is this:

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom