| A | B |
|---|
| figurative language | understood beyond the dictionary definitions of the words |
| literal language | understood based on dictionary definition |
| idiom | common expression that is not to be taken literally |
| cliche | overused expression |
| abstract | intangible |
| concrete | tangible |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| simile | comparison of two different things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison of two different things |
| personification | human characteristics to nonhuman things |
