1. Figuratively Speaking
Just What am I talking About?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole

2. Alliteration Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
The repetition of beginning sounds, usually the first letters of each major word.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

3. Onomatopoeia The use of words to imitate sounds.
PoP
Fireworks-Pop, Bang, etc.
Crash
Water Drip
Slurpy

4. Hyperbole A deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
Now , this is really hungry!

5. A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
Metaphors
A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
The guy is a rock
She is a Couch Potato
Don’t be a Road Hog

6. Similes A comparison of two different things or ideas through the words LIKE or AS
Your eyes sparkle like diamonds.
Her teeth were like pearls

7. Giving human qualities to an animal, thing or idea.
Personification
Giving human qualities to an animal, thing or idea.
The wind screamed my name.
The window flew open.
The book jumped out of my locker