2. By Austin Evans and Damarius Mosley 9/19/11

3. Simile  Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things.  He is free as a bird.

4. Metaphor  Metaphor-comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else.  She has a heart of gold.

5. Hyperbole  Hyperbole-using exaggeration to make a point.  Her brain is the size of a pea.

6. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia-sound word. The door bell ding when I pushed it.

7. Alliteration  Alliteration-repetition of beginning sound.  The bumble bee buzz around town.

8. Personification  Personification-giving human qualities to something not human.  The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.

9. Idiom  Idiom-a well known expression that does not mean what it says.  Baker’s dozen

10. Practice problems  1.Beating around the bush.  2. He got tons of money.  3. The bee buzz  4.He is fast as lighting.  5.Ideas are wings  6.The sun smiled at me as I walk bye.  7.The bee buzz around the busy town.