Figurative Language

A comparison between two things not using the words "like" or "as"

An exaggeration, not a literal statement

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• My mother is as busy as a bee.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• The computer argued with me and refused to work.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• My brother is taller than a skyscraper.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• The pitter-patter of paws echoed down the hallway and woke me from my sleep.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• Your son was a shining star in my classroom.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole