Anna-Grace Cary & Dylan Wilmouth September 19, 2011

Simile Using like or as to compare two things. My dad is blind as a bat.

Metaphor Comparing two things without using like or as; something is something else. My sister is a swelled airhead. My dumb sister is a rock.

Hyperbole Using exaggeration to make a point. My grandmother is older than the hills.

Onomatopeia Sound word. The deer splashed through the creek.

Alliteration Repetition of beginning sounds. The frog flopped in the forest.

Personification Giving human qualities to something not human. The spider web danced in the breeze.

Idiom A well known expression that does not mean what it says. She’s going to get a taste of her own medicine.

Practice problems 1. The snow smiled at me. 2. Caged emotions are hard to handle. 3. The ant ate the apple in the afternoon. 4. My sister is as dumb as a post. 5. My dad sleeps so good he could sleep through a hurricane. 6. My mom is busy as a bee. 7. Mrs. Moore was popping her gum.