Figurative Language simile personification metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

Simile: Comparing two unlike things using “like”or “as”

I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.                                                                                                                                                                                                     She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

Between two unlike things Metaphor: A direct comparison Between two unlike things Hints: “was,” “were,” “are,” and “is”

The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

Personification To give an object Human qualities

The flowers danced in the wind.                                                              The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.                                                              Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!                                                 Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

--An extreme exaggeration that is not taken literally Hyperbole

The exaggeration usually has to do with numbers or amounts. Example: He was a million miles away.

The boy grew a mile high over the summer! Example…

A phrase that does not mean exactly what is it says and can’t be taken literally. Idiom

Be sure to break a leg at tonight’s performance! Example….

Now you try!!