Figurative Language Definitions and Examples

Definition: A comparison between two things USING "like" or "as"

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Cannot possibly be true most times

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Definition: When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Definition: A comparison between two things

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Definition: When human qualities are given to non-human things

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

Definition: A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Definition: Word combinations/ phrases that have a different meaning than the literal meaning of each word

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Write a sentence using an Onomatopoeia AND a Simile

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