EOY Figurative Language Practice

Is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects.

• similie
• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole

States that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.

• onomatopoeia
• similie
• idiom
• metaphor

Is giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (not living) objects

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else.

• Allusion
• symbolism
• mood
• imagery

Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech.

• tone
• similie
• Hyperbole
• personification

Involves one or more of your five senses - the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell, and see. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses and to help create mental pictures.

• Imagery
• tone
• mood
• allusion

An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. They are overused expressions.

• Idiom
• mood
• allusion
• tone

An author's attitude toward his or her subject.

• metaphor
• tone
• mood
• idiom

Is the overall feeling a reader gets when reading a story. Tone creates mood.

• Mood
• imagery
• symbolism
• metaphor

What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• imagery