FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

PERSONIFICATION

• Personification means to describe non-human things using human qualities.
• Ex The leaves danced in the wind.

METAPHOR

• Metaphor means to compare two things using the words or are
• Ex. Her smile is the sun.

ALLITERATION

• A alliteration means A sentence or phrase with words that begin with the same sound.
• Ex.Ben bit Benny.

HYPERBOLE

• Hyperbole means an extreme exaggeration.
• Ex. My house is a million miles away.

ONOMATOPEIA

• Onomatopoeia means a word that sounds like the noise it makes.
• Ex.batman hit joker with a pow!

IDIOM

• Idiom means phrases that mean something different than what they say.
• Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.

SIMILE

• Simile means to compare two things using the words like or as.
• Ex. He is as fast as a rabbit.

FORESHADOWING

• Foreshadowing means a warning.
• Ex. He stared at the boy he was Micheal bay.

IMAGERY

• Imagery means the way a writer puts words together to create pictures in our minds and wake up our senses.
• Ex. The tall and meacing black dog stalked outside in the cool rain and snarled at the fluffy cat.

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