My Figurative Language Flip Book

By: Saige O’Rourke

An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its constituent elements. Ex: A leopard can’t change his spots.

IDIOM

A comparison using like or as. Ex: Your as light as a feather.

Simile

Uses were, was, and it to compare 2 things. Ex: My brother was boiling mad.

Metaphor

The use of 2 or more words in a sentence with the same letter. Ex: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Alliteration

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Hyperbole

Giving something human qualitiesEx: The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky.

Personification

The use of words that mimic soundsEx: BANG! CRASH! BOOM!

ONOMATOPOEIA

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