Figurative Language

Figurative elements


Simile - To compare two things using like or as

Metaphor - to say something IS another

Personification - to give a human characteristic to an inanimate object and visa versa

Onomatopoeia - words that sound like what they are describing - "bzzz"

Idiom - a sentence ma.de up of words that don't make sense literally, but have an agreed upon meaning

Hyperbole - exaggeration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LzMTjAqYd4 

Puns - Homonyms and Homophnes

puns-homophonesandhomonyms-131101154411-phpapp01.pdf

idioms

idioms.pdf

Allegory