1. Figurative Language

2. Hyperbole An exaggeration
“I told you a million times not to exaggerate!

3. Hyperbole Give me a thousand kisses. He's got tons of money.
I will die if he asks me to dance.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

4. Simile Comparing two objects using the words like or as
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

5. Simile He was as fast as a speeding bullet.
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
Her hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall.
He laughs like a hyena.
He is as blind as a bat.
They had courage like lions.

6. Metaphor Comparing two objects by saying one is the other
Your eyes are diamonds!

7. Metaphor He’s a lonely polar bear You are the sun and the moon
My love is a life taker
She is a mystery
Yesterday is promise that you’ve broken

8. Personification Gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas
The darkness breathed fear into his heart.

9. Personification Lightning danced across the sky.
The wind howled in the night.
The car complained as the key was turned.
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name

10. idiom A common expression without literal meaning.
If you are not careful you will down load a bug into your computer.

11. Idiom It's raining cats and dogs. (hard rain)
This is a piece of cake. (very easy)
 Break a leg when you go on stage. (do a good job in the performance
You just hit the nail on the head. (said something accurate)
Don't let the cat out of the bag. (tell a secret)

12. Pun
DEFINITION:
A word or phrase that has a usually comical second meaning … you might even roll your eyes at it
EXAMPLE:
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

13. Pun The high cost of living has beaten many centsless
When you buy at the second hand store you've reached the point of no returns.
You were right, so I left.
Geometry is so pointless.
It's hard to beat scrambled eggs for breakfast!

14. Ding Dong Pow Zip Onomatopoeia
a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing.
Ding Dong
Pow
Zip

15. Allusion
 is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.
If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit’s nose with a touch of such weather as that…..
There were Cains and Ablels, Pharaoh's daughters

16. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
The skydiver floated as lightly as a feather falling from the wing of a soaring eagle.
Hyperbole
Personification

17. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
Home work is a toothache that comes back every night.
Hyperbole
Personification

18. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
In the spring the earth is like a newborn baby.
Hyperbole
Personification

19. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
The stack of papers suddenly decided to jump out of my hands.
Hyperbole
Personification

20. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Personification

21. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
The bride began to wonder if the groom had gotten cold feet..
Hyperbole
Personification

22. What is it? Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification
Rio searched the bully’s granite face for a sign of mercy.
Hyperbole
Personification