Understanding Figurative Language Types

Figurative language: Know the definition and how to identify each type ● Simile - A comparison

using like or as Example: She ran like the wind. ● Metaphor - A comparison without using like

or as Example: His mind is a steel trap ● Personification - Giving human qualities

to nonhuman things Example: The wind whispered through the trees. ● Allusion - A reference

to something well-known (history, literature, mythology, pop

culture) Example: He was a real Einstein during the test. ● Hyperbole - An

extreme exaggeration Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! ● Alliteration -

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds Example: Peter Piper picked... ● Idiom - A phrase