 Business/Sports Names: -Copy Club, Beverly’s Best Bakery, Los Angeles Lakers  Expressions: -Busy as a Bee, Fit as a Fiddle, Down in the Dumps  Magazine Articles: -Cool Kids Make Creative Presentation for Class!  Cartoons: -Spongebob Squarepants, Mickey Mouse We also see alliteration in many areas of our daily life including:

B A N G !

Occasionally, we also find onomatopoeia in names. Sometimes the sound an object or living thing makes is so distinctive that it gets named after it. Some living examples are the cuckoo bird or the whip-poor-whill. The explosive device known as the “flashbang” is yet another example as its name is derived from the bright light and loud noise it creates.

“ H ey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.”

AS AN

 Simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” Here are some examples: A List of Similes

 AS AS  AS AS A As American as apple pie. As clean as a whistle. As dead as a doornail.