What are the six types of figurative language that we have learned and create an example for each?

There are many types of figurative language that can be found in literature. These include onomatopoeia, metaphors, similes, personification, hyperboles and idioms. Onomatopoeia are the sound words you hear in literature. These words contain the meaning that can be heard when you say the word. An example would be boom. Metaphors are phrases that have compare two unlike things not using like or as.

A simile is a phrase that compared two unlike things using like or as. Personification is giving human qualities to nonhuman things. A hyperbole is an exaggeration of the truth. An example would be “I was so hungry I could eat a horse.” An idiom is a phrase that doesn’t mean the individual words in the expression.