Figurative Language

comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"

The textbooks were as light as a feather

Comparision between 2 unlike things

Does not use "like" or "as"

Laughter is the best medicine

An idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

My alarm yelled at me this morning

A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described.

Boom! Pow!

Pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory

Only choice.

Silent Scream.

A boldly overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true.

Those shoes look like they cost a million dollars.

A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

His smile is like kryptonite to me. (Superman’s weakness)

The use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.

The houses look like frosted cakes in winter.

Use of symbols in a literary work. A symbol is something that stands for or suggests something else; it represents something beyond literal meaning.

rainbow–symbolizes hope and promise

red rose–symbolizes love and romance

Reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.

Consonant= all letters that are not vowels (Vowels= A, E, I, O, U)

There was a big, brown bear spotted on Mt. Tom