TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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METAPHORS
A figure speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not applicable.
“He is a walking encyclopedia.”
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SIMILE
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more empathetic or vivid.
“She is as innocent as an angel.”
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HYPERBOLE
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
“I am so hungry I could eat a horse.”
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IDIOM
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
“Get off my back!”
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SYNECDOCHE
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole vice or versa.
“All hands on deck.”
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PERSONIFICATION
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
“The earth had swallowed all of my hopes.”
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