1. Predictable
Poor as a church mouse.  strong as an ox,  cute as a button,  smart as a fox.
thin as a toothpick,  white as a ghost,  fit as a fiddle,  dumb as a post.
bald as an eagle,  neat as a pin,  proud as a peacock,  ugly as sin.
When people are talking  you know what they'll say  as soon as they start to  use a cliché.

2. Figurative Language
Simile: A comparison using like or as “ Her eyes are like stars.”
Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. “ The spy shadowed the woman.”
Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a noise or sound. “ The fly buzzed past.”
“ The snake hissed in anger.”

3. Personification: Giving the attributes of a person to
an inanimate object.
“ The wind sang her a sorrowful song.”
“ The snow whispered while it fell to the ground.”
Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration.
“ I nearly died laughing.”
“ I tried a thousand times.”
Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds
in two or more words or syllables.
“ She sells seashells by the seashore.”
Idiom: An expression that has a meaning apart
from the meanings of its individual words.
“I lost my head.” “ Don’t fly off the handle.”

4. Choose one of the figures of speech
Onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, or idiom
Write a sentences about spring using one or more of the figures of speech.
Then draw a picture explaining your sentences.
Work with one other partner. Place your sentences on the umbrella paper to display.