Figurative Language

A comparison of two people, places, objects or ideas using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

An expression that has a different meaning from the literal or dictionary meanings of its individual words

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A word or phrase that describes nonhuman things as having human qualities

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

A comparison in which one person, place, object, or idea is said to be another

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Idiom

Language used to exaggerate the meaning of an idea

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personficiation

The snow is a white blanket.

• This is a metaphor
• This is a simile
• This is a personification
• This is an idiom

He was as quiet as a mouse.

• This phrase means he was very loud
• This phrase means he was very quiet
• This phrase means he was very fast
• This phrase means he was very slow

The sun smiled down on us!

• The sun cannot smile, it's a metaphor
• The sun has a face
• The sun is a living being
• The sun is happy

I passed ELA with flying colors!

• This is a metaphor

• This is an idiom

• This is a personification

• This is a hyperbole

I slept for a month after yesterday's practice.

• That's impossible, humans can't sleep for a month straight - this is a hyperbole

• That's impossible, humans can't sleep for a month straight - this is a metaphor

• That's impossible, humans can't sleep for a month straight - this is a simile

• That's impossible, humans can't sleep for a month straight - this is an idiom