Types Of Figurative Language Flashcards
idiom
It is a figure of speech where the words together mean something different than the individual words.
metaphor
It is comparing two unlike things not using like or as.
simile
It is comparing two unlike things using like or as.
hyperbole
It is extreme exaggeration.
alliteration
It is when the beginning letter of words is repeated.
Personification
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to something that is not human.
onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sound it represents.
It is comparing two unlike things not using like or as.
metaphor
It is a figure of speech where the words together mean something different than the individual words.
idiom
It is comparing two unlike things using like or as.
simile
It is extreme exaggeration.
hyperbole
It is when the beginning letter of words is repeated.
alliteration
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to something that is not human.
Personification
Sounds that imitate the word it represents.
onomatopoeia
