1. Literary Devices:
Figurative Language

2. A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”
“I love you like a love song, baby!”
I am as hungry as a horse.
She’s as cute as a button.
Run like the wind!
Simile

3. A comparison of two unlike things in which no comparison word is used.
“You are my shining star!”
“You are my sunshine!”
“My heart is on fire!”
Metaphor

4. Personification Giving an object, animal, or idea human qualities.
The stars dance across the sky.
“I get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightening bugs.”
The waves tickle my toes.
Personification

5. Words that mimic the sounds they describe or imitate.
Onomatopoeia

6. Hyperbole An exaggerated statement. My backpack weighs a ton.
Sean had the best day ever!
You have a million sweaters in your closet!
Hyperbole

7. Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words
I am as hungry as a horse.
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Pretty Polly Pointer painted pastel plates purple, pink, and puce.
Alliteration