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Figurative Language
Hatler's Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metaphor | Comparison of unlike things not using like or as |
| metaphor | Comparison term that usually uses "be verbs" like is, am, are, was, were |
| simile | Comparison of unlike things using like or as |
| simile | His hands were like old newspapers |
| metaphor | Joanie was a breath of fresh air |
| allusion | A reference in writing that refers to something or someone well known from history, literature, mythology, religion, etc |
| allusion | The climber resembled Spiderman as he quickly scaled the mountain |
| allusion | The young couple was the Romeo and Juliet of the school. |
| onomatopoeia | She could hear the fizz of the pop as she poured it over a glass of ice |
| onomatopoeia | A word that resembles the sound that it refers to |
| onomatopoeia | The chair crashed to the ground! |
| idiom | A group of words that as a whole mean something other than the literal meaning |
| idiom | He broke the bank when he bought the fit bit with his money |
| idiom | The coach told Jack to get his head in the game. |
| idiom | Mrs. Johnson had a heart of gold! |
| alliteration | Jennifer joked about jovial jackrabbits |
| alliteration | Sarah said sorry because she sold her sisters socks. |
| alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| hyperbole | Her mom had heard it a million times! |
| hyperbole | An exaggeration that is very unlikely to be true |
| personification | Giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
| personification | The sweet chocolate gently hugged the inside of my mouth |
| personification | The sun's rays danced along the windshield |
| hyperbole | My backpack weighs a ton! |
| assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds (anywhere in the words) in close succession |
| assonance | The kite flies high in the sky! |
| assonance | Kate ate gummy bears for eight minutes straight. |
| metaphor | The backpack was a boulder around my arm. |
| simile | Johnny was like a puppy that had been kicked too many times. |
| hyperbole | I will never get to the end of the mile run! |
| idiom | I yelled, "I'm all ears, coach!" in the huddle. |
| allusion | The captain of the team resembled Zeus himself as he stood proudly in the middle of the field. |
| personification | The motorcycle screamed dangerously through the roundabout. |
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