Figurative Language

Please see the below definitions for the figurative language we will go over in class. I've included some videos that will help you commit these examples of figurative language to memory.

Simile - The comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

Metaphor - The direct comparison of two unlike things

Analogy - Drawing a comparison in order to show similarity

Personification - Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Idiom - A figure of speech known by an entire culture of people (Break a leg.) 

Alliteration - The repeated use of an initial consonant sound

Hyperbole - A statement that is an exaggeration