Types of Figurative Language

1. Onomatopeia

1.1. Sound Words

2. Hyperbole

2.1. An exagerration so dramatic, no one will believe it's true

2.1.1. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

3. Metaphor

3.1. Comparing two unlike things

3.1.1. the curtain of night

4. Simile

4.1. Comparing two things using like or as

4.1.1. Your smile is as bright as the sun.

5. Personification

5.1. Giving something, non human or an object, human characteristics

5.1.1. Lightning danced across the sky.

6. Idiom

6.1. A set of words that can have more than one meaning behind them.

6.1.1. Rub someone the wrong way

7. Alliteration

7.1. When a set of words uses the same sounds or letters repeatedly.

7.1.1. Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.

8. Language not meant to be taken literally.