1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

2. SIMILE A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”.
She is as beautiful as a sunrise.

3. METAPHOR A comparison of two unlike things.
Crocodile teeth are sharp daggers.
A blanket of snow covered the streets.

4. PERSONIFICATION Giving a non-human object a human-like characteristic.
The moon smiled as the stars danced in the night sky.
The flowers begged for water.
The waves ran across the shore.

5. Alliteration Repeating the same sounds in 2 or more different words
Look at the orange orbiting Oreo!
Kevin’s kite got caught in a tree.
Create an alliteration example starting with the word ‘bubbles’.

6. ONOMATOPOEIA Words that imitate the sound they are naming BUZZ CLANG
ZOOM
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP

7. Hyperbole Exaggeration Used to make a point.
Example: Mom said, “It shouldn’t be taking you 20 years to clean your room!”
Why would Mom say that?