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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
WHEN YOU USE WORDS IN AN IMAGINATIVE WAY TO EXPRESS IDEAS THAT ARE NOT LITERALLY TRUE
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Figurative Language
Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Symbol
Hyperbole Alliteratio
n Idioms Oxymoron
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Simile A figure of speech that makes a comparison
between two unlike subjects using like or as.
She is as good as gold. The book came flapping like a wounded duck.
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Metaphor A figure of speech in which something is
described as if it were something else, or a comparison between unlike things.
Mr. Collins is a bear in the mornings.
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Personification A type of figurative language in which a
non-human subject (animal, object, or idea) is given human characteristics.
The tea kettle sang happily.
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Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate sounds.
The cooking bacon’s aroma and sizzle woke me.
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Symbol Anything that stands for or represents
something else.
An eagle often represents freedom.
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Hyperbole An exaggeration for effect.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
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Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
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Idioms An expression that has a meaning all its
own.
It’s raining cats and dogs outside.
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Oxymoron A figure of speech in which opposite or
contradictory ideas are combined.
She is just a poor little rich girl.