1. Figurative Language simile Hyperbole personification metaphor
Alliteration
onomatopoeia

2. comparing it with something
Simile:
a way of
describing
something by
comparing it with something
else using
"like" or "as"

3. In Cheaper by the Dozen
Page 72 “She’s land a few light licks on our legs though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelingswe’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor.”

4. He is as sneaky as a snake.
I am as hungry as a horse.
                                                                        
You run like a rabbit.
                                                       
                                                                  
She is as happy as a clam.
He is as sneaky as a snake.

5. something by comparing it
Metaphor:
A way of describing
something by comparing it
to something else

6. In Cheaper by the Dozen
“Oh look What’s coming” the manager called when we entered the door…”Alert the fire department and the house detective. And take that cigar cutter off the counter and lock it up.” “Do you still have that dangerous guillotine?” Dad asked.

7. The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.

8. Personification
to compare something
that is not human
as if it had human
characteristics

9. The flowers danced in the wind.
                                                            
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

10. Alliteration:
Repetition
of the
first
consonant

11. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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12. Hyperbole: An
exaggeration.

13. The frog jumps as high as the sky.
                                                                        
                                    
The frog jumps as high as the sky.
The man could do one million chin ups.

14. Onomatopoeia:
Words that are
sounds

15. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!
                                               
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glubb, Glubb, Glubb

16. Sensory Details
See
Hear
Smell
Taste
Feel

17. Now you try!!