1. Figurative Language
Simile- compares two things using like or as.
Example: Today, the rain was like a raging waterfall!

2. Figurative Language
Metaphor-compares two things directly. It doesn’t use like or as.
Example: He is a monster today!

3. Figurative Language
Personification-Making an object have human qualities.
Example: The tree whistled in the wind.

4. Figurative Language
Onomatopoeia- Making a word have a sound.
Example: Pow! Boom!
Meow, moo, etc.

5. Figurative Language
Alliteration-Using the same consonant at the beginning of some words in a sentence.
Example: The snake slithered softly through the grass.

6. Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Example: We have tons of homework tonight.

7. Idiom
Any expression peculiar to a language whose meaning cannot be understood simply from the meanings of the words composing it.
Example: She was just pulling your leg when she said there would be no test today.