1. Figures of Speech

2. Simile Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
The figure skater was like a wild animal spinning and jumping uncontrolled.
The track star was as fast as a cheetah.

3. Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things with our using “like” or “as”
The figure skater was a wild animal on the rink, spinning and jumping out of control.

4. Personification Giving human traits to non-human things
The shining sun smiled on our picnic this afternoon.
The sun doesn’t really have a mouth to smile

5. Alliteration
The repetition of a consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words (close to each other)
The lovely light lingered on the water.
The moon was a marshmallow in the night sky.
The crazy cat tried clawing the kitten.

6. Identify The grass giggled in the whispering wind.
The tree was as dead as a corpse in her tomb, lifeless and cold
The cat yelled like a boy wanting candy as it fell into the frigid water.
The overgrown pigeon knocked out all of the bank robbers like an atomic bomb annihilates an entire city.