2. Types of Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Idioms

3. Hyperbole Is an exaggeration. It is an extreme way of saying something. Examples: She’s said so several million times. We have a ton of homework. I nearly died laughing. I tried a thousand times.

4. Onomatopoeia The use of words that mimic sounds. Example: The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

5. Personification human characteristics are given to nonhuman things. Example: “The wind yells while blowing." The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

6. An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words. It’s raining cats and dogs. Its literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret it to mean that it is raining hard. To stick your neck out is to say or do something that is bold and a bit dangerous. A similar idiom that is used for slightly more dangerous situations is to "go out on a limb." In both idioms, the idea is that you put yourself in a vulnerable position. To break the ice is to be the first one to say or do something, with the expectation that others will then follow. Another idiom that means something similar is "get the ball rolling.“ To have a chip on one's shoulder is usually an expression to describe a person who acts, as you say, rudely or aggressively, but also in a manner that could be described as "aggressively defensive." The person seems always ready for a fight.

7. Simile A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

8. Metaphor A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

9. Alliteration Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.