1. Figurative Language is used by the writeR to
Communicate meaning

2. Simile
A comparison to two unlike objects using the words like, as, than, or resembles

3. metaphor
A comparison to two unlike things in which one thing becomes another— does not use like or as

4. hyperbole
An exaggeration

5. Alliteration
The repetition of initial sounds that are close together in a line of a poetry or in a sentence within a text

6. a nonhuman thing or quality is given human characteristics
personification
a nonhuman thing or quality is given human characteristics

7. A phrase that expresses something other than its literal meaning
Idiom
A phrase that expresses something other than its literal meaning

8. Words that sound like what they mean
onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they mean

9. Understatement
 to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is

10. Allusion
A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture