Definitions: Figurative Language
1. Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
2. Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
3. Personification: Giving a non-human object human-like qualities
4. Alliteration: Using the same beginning sound in consecutive words
5. Idiom: A phrase that expresses an event figuratively but does not translate well (i.e.: it's raining cats and dogs)
6. Euphemism: A nicer, or sugar coated, way to say something unpleasant (i.e.: in a better place instead of dead)
7. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point
8. Onomatopoeia: A sound effect word
2. Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
3. Personification: Giving a non-human object human-like qualities
4. Alliteration: Using the same beginning sound in consecutive words
5. Idiom: A phrase that expresses an event figuratively but does not translate well (i.e.: it's raining cats and dogs)
6. Euphemism: A nicer, or sugar coated, way to say something unpleasant (i.e.: in a better place instead of dead)
7. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point
8. Onomatopoeia: A sound effect word