Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

* EX. It’s raining cats and dogs. * You are driving me up a wall. An exaggeration that, taken literally, means something else.

* EX. The sparkling snowflakes floated silently down from the heavens to rest on everything creating a crisp blanket of glistening white. Descriptive language. Five senses. Create vivid mental pictures.

* EX. The mother was a lioness protecting her children. * Jimmy is a pig, his room is very messy. *. Comparing two things, without using “like” or “as.”

* EX. Her eyes twinkle like stars. * He was as tall as a giraffe. A comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”.

* EX. Buzz * Ex. Tick Tock * Ex. Whoosh * Ex. Boom * Ex. Splash A word that describes a sound.

* EX. The wind whistled. * Ex. The tree danced in the wind. Giving human qualities to non- human things

* EX. It’s taking forever! * Ex. I called you a million times last night. Extreme exaggeration.

* EX. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.