idiom - a commonly understood saying that isn't interpreted literally (ex: It's raining cats and dogs.), simile - a statement that compares two or more things using like or as (ex: Love is like a rose), metaphor - A statement that compares two or more things without using like or as (ex: When she runs, she's a cheetah.), personification - giving a human quality to something that is not human (ex: The sun smiled down on us.), hyperbole - an exaggeration (ex: He talks a mile a minute.), onomatopoeia - words that represent a sound (ex: Bang!), alliteration - repeating the same beginning letter in most of the words (ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.),

Figurative Language Identification with Examples

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