1. Figurative Language simile hyperbole personification idiom metaphor
Alliteration
onomatopoeia

2. comparing it with something else using "like" or "as“
Simile:
a way of
describing
something by
comparing it with something
else using
"like" or "as“
(indirect comparison)

3. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.
                                                       
                                                                  
                                                                        
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.

4. something by comparing it to something else without “like” or “as”
Metaphor:
A way of describing
something by comparing it
to something else without “like” or “as”
(direct)

5. The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.

6. Personification
Giving something
that is not human
human
characteristics

7. The flowers danced in the wind.
                                                            
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

8. Alliteration:
Repetition
of the
first
consonant

9. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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10. A word, phrase, or sentence that does not mean
Idiom:
A word, phrase, or sentence that does not mean
what is says!!

11. That test was a piece of cake.
                                                            
Having no homework happens once in a blue moon.
After all that work, I really need to hit the hay!

12. Onomatopoeia:
Words that are
sounds

13. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!
                                               
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

14. An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole:
An extreme exaggeration

15. He is the strongest man in the entire world!!
                                                                        
                                    
The Princess kissed a million frogs to find her Prince!
He is the strongest man in the entire world!!

16. Now you try!!