ELIZABETH PACE

PERSONIFICATION

• Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing or an animal
• The wind whistled and blew through the trees

HYBERBOLE

• A huge exaggeration
• I've told you a million times to clean your room!!!

IDIOM

• Having a meaning different that what you're saying
• I have butterflies in my stomach

SIMILE

• A comparison is made by using like or as
• She's as fast as a cheetah

METAPHOR

• A comparison without using like or as
• She is a pig on Thanksgiving Day

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OXYMORON

• The two words contract and makes the meaning weird
• Pretty Ugly

ALLITERATION

• Repeating the beginning letter of the word over and over
• Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore