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Figurative Language

simile. idiom. Figurative Language. personification. hyperbole. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as". I am hungry as a horse. . You run like a rabbit. . She is happy as a clam.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile idiom Figurative Language personification hyperbole metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  3. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  4. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

  5. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  6. Personification to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

  7. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  8. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  9. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  10. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

  11. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  12. Hyperbole An extreme exaggeration.

  13. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. He’s taller than a house.

  14. Idiom: Phrases which people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally.

  15. I stuck out my neck for you. The man had sticky fingers.

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