Changing the way you learn

Question	Answer
Figurative Language	uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. ex. when pigs fly
Metaphore	Compares two things not using "like" or "As." ex. John was a beast on the football field.
Simile	Compares two things using "like" or "as" ex. Life is like a box of chocolates.
Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Hyperbole	Extreme exaggeration Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Idiom	a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Ex. Its raining cats and dogs.
Personification	Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. ex. The sun waved goodbye.

Figurative language

	Created by Twanta Moore about 8 years ago