Figurative Language Flashcards

Figurative Language Types

• Simile: A comparison using "as" or "like."

  • Example: "My cousin isn't as cool as me."
  • Example: "It was as hot as a desert outside."
  • Example: "The dinner at the restaurant was better than what dad makes."
  • Example: "My dog is crazier than my brother."

• Hyperbole: An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

  • Example: "If we have a lot of homework I am going to cry my eyes out."
  • Example: "I am starving!"
  • Example: "I was asleep for days."

• Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a sound.

  • Example: "I heard a crack after I landed on my elbow."
  • Example: "I slammed my books on the desk."
  • Example: "I snapped my fingers to the beat of a song."

• Idiom: A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the individual words.

  • Example: "My brother drives me nuts."
  • Example: "Mom says we make her crazy."
  • Example: "We kicked the other team's butt."

• Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

  • Example: "The soccer game was a piece of cake for my team."
  • Example: "The dog was a smart cookie."

• Understatement: A statement that minimizes the importance of something.

  • Example: "Bill Gates is rich."
  • Example: "Albert Einstein was a smart man."

• Cliché: An overused expression that may have lost its original meaning.

  • Example: "What comes around goes around."
  • Example: "You look like you have ants in your pants."

• Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

  • Example: "My mom made maple donuts on Monday."
  • Example: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

• Personification: Attribution of human qualities to non-human entities.

  • Example: "The flowers gulped up all the water."