Literary Terms: Figurative Language List

Sounds in word form

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

You're as dumb as a piece of food

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

you are the apple of my eye

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Benny the bull blew bubbles by the bay

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

the sun smiled down on us

• personification

• pun

• hyperbole

• imagery

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger, then it hit me

• personification

• pun

• hyperbole

• imagery

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• personification

• pun

• hyperbole

• imagery

the flower blossomed with a kiss from the sun

• personification

• pun

• hyperbole

• imagery

the tree represented hope

• symbolism

• antagonist

• protagonist

• idiom

The Joker and Darth Vader are examples of

• symbolism

• antagonists

• protagonist

• idiom