Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language:

personification: The representation of a thing as human.
example: The sun peeked from behind the clouds.

metaphor: Comparing two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”. example: The raindrops were tears falling from the sky.

alliteration: The repetition of initial sounds of words in a sentence. example: The wild walrus wondered what we were when we walked by.

simile: Comparing two different things using the words “like” or “as”. example: She is delicate as a baby bird.

hyperbole: An obvious exaggeration. example: I’m so tired because I walked a million miles yesterday.

idiom: A phrase that doesn't literally make sense but has an underlying meaning. example: I am under the weather today.

onomatopoeia: Words that are also sounds. example: buzz, snap, hiss