PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
ex: its a diamond
Idiom
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
Ex: its raining cats and dogs.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
ex: I could eat a horse.
personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
onomotopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is name.
Ex: the cow said Mooooo
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
ex: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
