1. Part 1

2. SIMILE

3. Simile
(noun)
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
[uses like or as to make a comparison]
You are as brave as a lion.
Santa’s belly was like a bowl full of jelly.

4. Metaphor

5. Metaphor
(noun)
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it does not literally apply.
Your head is full of rocks.
You are the sunshine of my life.

6. Alliteration

7. Alliteration
(noun)
refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases.
Laura laughs loudly like little leopards.

8. Onomatopoeia

9. Onomatopoeia (noun) a word that imitates the sound it represents.
Boom!
Crackle
Chirp

10. Personification

11. Personification (noun)
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Giving something that is NOT human the characteristics of a human.
The evil sun shot down its burning rays on the lonely lawn chair.

12. Rhyme

13. Rhyme crinkle/wrinkle spend/wind (noun)
A word that has the same sound as another
crinkle/wrinkle
spend/wind

14. End and Internal Rhyme
End Rhyme- Words with end rhyme have the same ending sound
cry/bye
float/ boat
Internal Rhyme- a rhyme between words in the same line
I love the way the wind sways the bales of hay in November.

15. Imagery

16. Imagery
(noun)
used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience
you can “hear”, “see”, etc. what the words describe
When you entered the store, you could hear the clanging and ringing of the registers wishing the Christmas shoppers a great holiday season.

17. Assonance

18. Assonance (noun) resemblance of sounds between words.
The sounds in words sounds very similar to one another
I lie down by the side of my bride.

19. Prose

20. Prose (noun) matter-of-fact or commonplace written expression
novels, articles…

21. Idiom

22. Idiom
(noun)
a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people
You have a chip on your shoulder.
Her father called her the apple of his eye.

23. Hyperbole

24. Hyperbole (noun) intentional exaggeration
It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
Everybody and their mom was in line to go to the bathroom.

25. Meter

26. Meter
(noun)
arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.
He said, “Hey, there fellow (a)
with the hair colored yellow. (a)
Watcha trying to prove? (b)
‘Cause that’s my woman there (c)
and I’m a man who cares (c)
and this might be all for you.” (b)

27. Figurative Language

28. Figurative Language (noun)
The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions.