1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole

2. Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
Simile
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.

3. IMPORTANT Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile.
A comparison must be made.
Not a Simile: I like pizza. Simile: The moon is like a pizza.

4. Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”
METAPHOR
Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”
All the world is a stage.
That guy is a dog!
She has a stone heart.

5. Giving Human Characteristics to Nonhuman Things
Personification
Giving Human Characteristics to Nonhuman Things
The morning sun peeked over the horizon.
The wind howled through my window.

6. An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
I was so hungry I could have eaten a horse.
I’ve told you a million times!

7. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Repetition

8. Repeated consonant sounds together
Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds together
(tongue twisters)
Carrie's cat clawed her couch.
Sara’s sister slept soundly.
Hannah’s home has heat.

9. Words that imitate the sounds they represent
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sounds they represent
Growl
Creak
Bang
Hiss
Boom

10. Repeating something that has already been said
Repetition
Repeating something that has already been said
It was a dark, dark, deep cave.
They knock, knock, knocked on
the door.