1. Figurative Language simile personification metaphor Alliteration
onomatopoeia

2. Simile:
Comparing two unlike
things using
“like”or “as”

3. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.
                                                       
                                                                  
                                                                        
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.

4. Between two unlike things
Metaphor:
A direct comparison
Between two unlike things
Hints: “was,” “were,”
“are,” and “is”

5. The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.

6. Personification
To give an object
Human qualities

7. The flowers danced in the wind.
                                                            
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

8. Alliteration:
Repetition
of the
first
consonant

9. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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10. Onomatopoeia:
Words that are
sounds

11. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!
                                               
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

12. --An extreme exaggeration that is not taken literally
Hyperbole

13. The exaggeration usually has to do with numbers or amounts.
Example: He was a million miles away.

14. The boy grew a mile high over the summer!
Example…

15. A phrase that does not mean exactly what is it says and can’t be taken literally.
Idiom

16. Be sure to break a leg at tonight’s performance!
Example….

17. Now you try!!