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This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
simile
This type of figurative language is a DIRECT comparison of two unlike things.
metaphor
This type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration.
hyperbole
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human objects.
personification
This type of figurative language is a phrase, or group of words, that means something different than its literal meaning. EXAMPLE: It's raining cats and dogs!
idiom
This type of figurative language imitates a sound with a word.
onomatopoeia
This type of figurative language repeats the first letter sound of two or more words in a sentence. EXAMPLE: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
alliteration
What type of figurative language is this: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this: She was as quiet as a mouse.
simile
What type of figurative language is this: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
alliteration
What type of figurative language is this: Laughter is the best medicine.
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this: Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
idiom
What type of figurative language is this: Time to hit the hay!
idiom
What type of figurative language is this: Break a leg!
idiom
What type of figurative language is this: He's as strong as an ox.
simile
What type of figurative language is this: I'm all ears!
idiom
