Figurative Language

What figurative language are common expressions or sayings that mean something different from their literal meaning?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

Define ✨ simile ✨

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison made by calling one thing another thing

• giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

What figurative language compares two things by saying one thing IS another thing (without using "like" or "as")?

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Define ✨ hyperbole ✨

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• common expressions in which the words mean something different from their literal meaning

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a word that mimics a sound

What figurative language uses words that mimics a sound (sound words)?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Define ✨ alliteration ✨

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison made by calling one thing another

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

What figurative language gives human characteristics to something that is not human?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Define ✨ allusion ✨

• referencing a famous person, place, event, or literary work.

• exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

• the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• a comparison made using the words “like” or “as”

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

Her eyes were as blue as the sky.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

The ball swished as it made its way into the net.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Alliteration