1. Figurative Language Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Simile
Metaphor
Personification Idiom
Hyperbole

2. Alliteration
The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
Examples:
A cow kicked Kevin’s cousin.
A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. The skunk thought the stump stunk . What stunk the skunk or the stump?

3. Assonance
The use of words that have the same or very similar vowel sounds near one another.
“I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.” - "With Love" by Thin Lizzy
The black cat sat on the straw mat.

4. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., beep, cuckoo, sizzle, crash!)
Examples:
“Woof”
"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz; Oh what a relief it is." - Slogan of Alka Seltzer, U.S.
Buzz
Moo
Ding Ding

5. Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in “If you don’t buy me an iPod, I’ll die!” or “This book weighs a ton.”
Examples:
She’s so small she has to run around in the shower to get wet.
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

6. Simile
Like a hammer and a nail, socks and shoes; We go hand in hand, like a rhythm and blues;
What good is a man who hasn't got a dream?
Bout as good as a car with no gasoline You're the one I'm dreaming of
Got to have your love;
Can't live without it;
We were meant to be together, no doubt about it - Neal McCoy
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".
Examples:
They fight like cats and dogs.
His hands were as cold as ice.

7. Metaphor A figure of speech in which comparison is made between two
unlike things that actually
have something in
common.
Examples:
Crocodiles' teeth are
white daggers.
Love is a lemon – either bitter or sweet

8. Personification Giving something human qualities Examples:
“Oreo: Milk’s favorite
cookie.” - Slogan for
Oreo cookies
The sun greeted me this morning.

9. Idiom
A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.
Examples:
He spilled the beans.
You're walking on thin ice, Mister!
It’s raining cats and dogs.

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