Figurative Language Review

Words that are pronounced similarly to the sound they are describing.

I told you a million times not to do that!

When a character will say or do something that is the opposite of what he means or intends.

An extreme exaggeration

He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.

The stuntman flipped from a forty-foot Ferris wheel.

The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

“...he could see [the snowflakes] gather on the backs of his hands, like cold fur.”

Someone gets a flat tire and says, "Excellent! This day couldn't start off any better!"

“Jonas had become a rock. He could not move, yet he knew his existence.”

Her voice is music to his ears.

Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

A figure of speech that uses ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two unlike ideas.

That was the easiest test in the world.

When something is described as though it were something else (does not use ‘like’ or ‘as’).

Lightning danced across the sky.

An expression where the meaning of the phrase is different that that of the individual words.

John felt under the weather, so he decided to take the day off work.

Beep! Beep! Beep! The timer sounded off its usual alarm.

Janie read a book by the babbling brook.

They are different as night and day.

Giving non human objects human characteristics to create imagery

After losing her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything she didn't need.

Using several words that begin with the same sound.

The director told the actress to “break a leg”, before she walked on-stage.