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Figuratively Speaking Just What am I talking About? Alliteration Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Metaphor Hyperbole

Alliteration Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers The repetition of beginning sounds, usually the first letters of each major word. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Onomatopoeia The use of words to imitate sounds. PoP Fireworks-Pop, Bang, etc. Crash Water Drip Slurpy

Hyperbole A deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration I am so hungry that I could eat a horse. Now , this is really hungry!

A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as Metaphors A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as The guy is a rock She is a Couch Potato Don’t be a Road Hog

Similes A comparison of two different things or ideas through the words LIKE or AS Your eyes sparkle like diamonds. Her teeth were like pearls

Giving human qualities to an animal, thing or idea. Personification Giving human qualities to an animal, thing or idea. The wind screamed my name. The window flew open. The book jumped out of my locker