Figurative Language

Statements

100

Life is like a box chocolates. 

Simile

200

I am so hungry I could eat horse. 

Hyperbole

300

The story jumped off the page. 

Personification

400

It's raining cats and dogs. 

Metaphor. 

500

Break a leg.

Idiom

Types

100

Hyperbole 

An exaggeration of a situation. 

200

Idiom

A word or phrase that is not meant to be taken seriously. 

300

Metaphor 

Comparison of two things without the use of "like" or "as."

400

Personification

Giving an object human like actions or characteristics. 

500

Simile 

Comparison of two things using "like" or "as."