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Types of Figurative Language

• Similes compare two different things. A simile uses the words "like" or "as" to compare.

• Metaphors also compare two different things. While a simile uses the words "like" or "as" to compare, a metaphor does not.

• An idiom is an expression that has a special meaning. The words used in an idiom often have a different meaning than what you would find in the dictionary.

• A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.

• An onomatopoeia is a word you might use to imitate a sound.

• An alliteration is when the same beginning consonant sound is used in multiple words in a sentence.

• Personification is when non-human objects are given human characteristics.

• Imagery is when a writer uses great detail to describe something, usually creating a mental image or feeling.

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