SIX STUPENDOUS SUPER SPLENDID Forms of Figurative Language
Simile- is a comparison of unlike things using like or as Ex: She runs like a cheetah
Metaphor- is a phrase for one thing used for another Ex: She’s a bear at the dinner table!
Ex: She was taller than a giraffe! Hyperbole- is an exaggeration for effect not meant to be taken literally. Ex: She was taller than a giraffe!
Alliteration- is a repetition of initial sounds of words. Ex: Bob bought big biting butterflies
Idiom- Set phrase with special meaning Ex: Hold your horses! Meaning: Wait , have patients
Personification- Giving an inanimate object lifelike qualities. Ex: The thunder screamed with anger!
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