What are the kinds of figurative language?

Answer 1

Simile

A simile uses the words "like" or "as"

to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

Example: busy as a bee

Metaphor

The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.

A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.

Example: You are what you eat.

Personification

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.

Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

Onomatopoeia

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound

made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop

Hyperbole

An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.

Tall tales are hyperboles.

Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.

Idioms

According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself

either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning

that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements

(as Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday")

Clichés

A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite

and sometimes boring. Example: Many hands make light work.

Answer 2

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Idiom

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

alliteration

point of view

irony

symbolism

language

Answer 3

~Femo's Answer

Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Apostrophe
Idioms


~That's all I know.

Answer 4

Some examples of figuartive language are similes, metaphors, cliches, alliteraion, hyperbole and personification.

Answer 5

May have several meanings.