1. Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
Figurative Language
Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally

2. Metaphor
Describes one thing as if it were another; compares two unlike things by saying one is or was the other
EX-The snow was a white blanket over the meadow.

3. Simile Comparison using like or as EX-She is as slow as a turtle.
Tim’s scream is as loud as a siren.

4. Personification Gives human qualities to something that is not human
EX-The sea crashed angrily during the storm.
The hands of time ticked swiftly by.