FIGURTIVE LANGUAGE
What is figurative language?
Not literal; figure of speech.
What are the types of figurative language?
- Personification
- Hyperbole
- Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Onomotopia
- Idioms
Examples
Personification: "The leaves waved in the fall wind."
Hyperbole: "You must've been in the shower for two years!"
Metaphor: "Mario is a pig when he eats."
Alliteration: "She sells seashells down by the sea shore."
Simile: "Your scream was as loud as a firecracker."
Onomotopia: "The sound of the basketball when it reached the net was SWOOSH!'
Idiom: "That necklace must've cost you an arm and a leg."