Figurative Language
Comparing two objects using like or as.
Simile
civ
citizen
lab
pol
city
Using exaggeration to make a point.
Hyperbole
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
Personification
straight
ortho
ism
system
dem, demo
people
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Personification
kachoo!
Onomatopoeia
serv
ment
mind
para
beside, alongside of
An implied reference to another famous book or story
Allusion
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
eu
good, well
prim
first
excellence
arist
An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words
Idiom
It was raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
aut, auto
self
free
cracy, crat
rule, government