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Figurative Language '24

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  • You're ruining my liiiiiiife-uh.
    hyperbole
  • The feelings and ideas associated with a word.
    connotation
  • The students are a nightmare in the hallway.
    metaphor
  • It's raining cats and dogs.
    idiom
  • She's as slimy as a snake.
    simile and alliteration
  • The night was as dark as a blackboard.
    simile
  • Lillian likes lollipops.
    alliteration
  • ISASP was the worst thing in life.
    hyperbole (stop it, you're fine.)
  • A reference to Martin Luther King Junior
    allusion
  • A reference to a well-known text, person, event, etc. (UNCHANGED)
    allusion
  • This is impossible!
    hyperbole
  • Alanna talks a mile a minute.
    hyperbole or idiom
  • A comparison between two things using like, as, or than
    simile
  • A word that sounds like what it means
    onomatopoeia
  • Joe is so slow, he's a turtle.
    metaphor
  • It's time to HIT THE ROAD.
    idiom
  • The bacon SIZZLED in the pan.
    onomatopoeia
  • The dictionary definition of a word.
    denotation
  • It looked like the water was a mile away when she was standing at the top of the high dive.
    simile and hyperbole
  • The cringe was threatening to overwhelm her with second-hand embarrassment.
    personification
  • An expression that is not literally true.
    Idiom
  • A comparison between two things NOT using like, as, or than
    metaphor
  • The sign made a loud, metallic BANG when it crashed to the ground.
    onomatopoeia
  • An extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole
  • Giving human-like traits to something non-human
    personification
  • The floor is lava.
    metaphor
  • He was caught red-handed.
    idiom
  • Yellow is back to school and freshly sharpened pencils.
    Metaphor
  • The crickets started to CHIRP.
    onomatopoeia
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