Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
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The students were having a whale of a time at the party.
Having a whale- Idiom
A phrase which has a different meaning than the literal meaning.
Idiom
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Hold your horses.
Idiom
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The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
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The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.
stretched for millions of miles- hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration that cant be true.
Hyperbole
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BOOM! POW!
Onomatopoeia
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Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
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The classroom was so loud and crazy it was a zoo!
It was a zoo!- Metaphor
Words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite terms are used together.
Oxymoron
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Susan is as gentle as a kitten.
Simile
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Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing another.
Metaphor
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
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The racecar Zoomed around the track.
Zoomed-Onomatopoeia
Giving human characteristics to things that are not human.
Personification
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He's a bull in a china shop.
Metaphor
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When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or a song to a famous figure.
Allusion
A phrase which bears no literal meaning to the situation it is describing but it implies the facts or story behind it.
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Chocolate chip ice cream is my least favorite.
Least favorite-Oxymoron
The repeating of the same letter or sound, especially constant sounds, tongue twisters.
Alliteration
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He looked more stronger the Dwayne the "Rock" Johnson.
Allusion
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Words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite terms are used together.
Oxymoron