1. Figurative Language hyperbole simile assonance 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. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.
                                                       
                                                                  
                                                                        
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.

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

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

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

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

8. Alliteration:
Repetition
of the
first
consonant

9. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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10. vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!
Assonance:
The repetition
of internal
vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

11. Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips
                                                                        
                                    
Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips
The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

12. Onomatopoeia:
Words that are
sounds

13. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!
                                               
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

14. Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

15. She’s said so on several million occasions.
I’m so hungry, I could eat an entire cow!

16. Other Terms to Know Idiom =
common sayings with meanings that go beyond the literal meaning.
Example: “Cut it out.”
Oxymoron =
Using two opposing terms used together
Examples: icy hot, tender crispy chicken, a hard softness, soft rock, bittersweet, burning cold, jumbo shrimp
Symbolism =
use of a concrete object to represent an idea.
Example: The flag symbolizes freedom and liberty

17. Now you try!!