When I am NOT using figurative language and I am saying EXACTLY what I mean, I being ______
Literal
100
She is as cute as a button
Simile
100
The flood waters swallowed the trees in one gulp.
What is the human characteristic?
Swallowed
100
Cat got your tongue?
being unable to speak
200
A comparison using like or as
Simile
200
BANG!
Onomatopoeia
200
The weight of the machinery caused the floor to cry out for help.
Cry out
200
It's raining cats and dogs!
It is raining very hard
300
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
Metaphor
300
She has a heart of ice
Metaphor
300
For days, jealousy gnawed at his stomach.
Gnawed
300
This will be a piece of cake!
This will be easy!
400
Giving a non-human object human characteristics
Personification
400
That man must have been 30 feet tall!
Hyperbole
400
The wind howled outside of my window.
Howled
400
This is going to cost an arm and a leg!
It is very expensive.
500
Sound words
onomatopoeia
500
Betty Botter bought some butter,
but, she said, the butter’s bitter;
if I put it in my batter
it will make my batter bitter,
but a bit of better butter
will make my batter better.
Alliteration
500
She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.