Unwind Figurative Language

Uses extreme exaggeration.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Has two or more words in a line that start with the same sound.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The rootbeer fizzed as I poured it into my cup.

• metaphoroeia

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Ethan never stops talking.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Read these lines from a poem:

"the stars talk away the night" is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as