Figurative Language Review

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Using the words "like" or "as" to compare two things

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

Comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

an exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification