Giving human characteristics to non-human things is the definition of this type of figurative language.

An obvious extreme exaggeration is called...

A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports or movies is called.....

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning are called.....

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words is called......

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as is called a ..........

A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use the words like or as is called a........

A group of words whose meaning is different than its literal meaning is called a(n)

Leslie loves to lay about on lazy days. What type of figurative language is this an example of?

Her cheeks were like apples.

Her eyes were diamonds in the night sky.

Break a leg!

The shadows embraced.

Oh, never, if I live to a million, /Shall I feel such a grievous pain.

All round the house is the jet-black night; /It stares through the window-pane; / It craws in the corners, hiding from the light,

Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

The bag of baubles sparkled brilliantly in the sunshine.

I do not care to talk to you although, your speech evokes a thousand sympathies.

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

"My solitude grew more and more obese, like a pig." -Mishima Yukio