2. Figuratively Speaking Just What am I talking About? Idiom Onomatopoeia Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Puns Analogies Imagery Alliteration

3. Idioms A Little Bird Told Me Just a few to get you started… This is for the birds Water off a duck’s back

4. Onomatopoeia “The sound makes you think of the meaning” Just a few to get you started… Crash Water Drip Fireworks-Pop, Bang, etc. PoP Slurpy

5. Hyperbole ( A big exaggeration ) I am so hungry that I could eat a horse. Now, this is really hungry!

6. Metaphors Compare 2 unlike things Ideas in motion A few to get your mind churning… The guy is a rock She is a Couch Potato Don’t be a Road Hog

7. Similes Use “like” or “as” to compare 2 unlike things Your eyes sparkle like diamonds. Just a few to get you started… Her teeth were like pearls

8. Puns A Few... Talking to her about computer hardware I made my motherboard. Math teachers have lots of problems. 5+5= 8x9=

9. Imagery Use of words which allows one to create an image or a “Mental Picture” The wheels are turning in his head.

10. Alliteration The initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, are repeated in close succession Nate never knows