Figurative Language Match-up!Versión en línea Review Figurative Language by matching up words with their definition. por Moritza Termin 1 Simile 2 Metaphor 3 Hyperbole 4 Idiom 5 Personification 6 Alliteration A comparison of two unlike things using like/as You were as brave as a lion. The water well was as dry as a bone. A comparison between two unlike things using is, are or was. The snow is a white blanket. Her long hair was a flowing golden river. an over-exaggeration used to humorously emphasize a point I walked a million miles to get here. I died of embarrassment. A phrase that does not make sense literally, but is universally understood “Costs an arm and a leg” Break a leg An inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities. Lightning danced across the sky. The wind howled in the night. The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. She sells seashells by the sea-shore Black bug bit a big black bear