Figurative Language

The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What is this an example of: "I have a queue of quick questions."

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Similie

• Meosis

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Allusion

What is this example of: "Chocolate is my kryptonite."

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Similie

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What is this an example of: "It's raining cats and dogs out there."

• Personification

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Meosis

• Metaphor

What is this an example of: "I have a million things to do before my meeting."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

The presentation of a thing with underemphasis to achieve a greater effect; an understatement.

• Meiosis

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Allusion

What is this an example of : In Monty Python, an amputated leg is referred to as a "flesh wound."

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Meiosis