How to
Identify
Figurative
Language
Is it a comparison between two things?
Yes
No
Does it use “like” or “as”?
Yes
Are they exaggerating
too much or too little?
No
No
Yes
Simile
Metaphor
?
Too Much?
Object or idea doing
human things?
Too Little?
No
Hyperbole Understatement
Yes
Personification