EIGHT FIGUTIVE LANGUAGE DEVICES

SIMILE

• A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".
• Example: I am as busy as a bee today.

http://busyasabee33.blogspot.com/2011/09/jute-vases.html

METAPHOR

• A direct comparison of two things.
• Example: The snow is a white blanket.

http://openwalls.com/image?id=8173

PERSONIFICATION

• A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
• Example: The stars danced playfully in the sky.

http://livingsublog.syr.edu/2014/04/we-are-stars/

HYPERBOLE

• Extreme exaggeration used to make a point
• Example: I've told you a million times not to do that!

http://www.avoodware.com/sarkononmerci/la-61eme-proposition-de-francois-hol...

ALLITERATION

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
• Example: big brown bear or Dan's dog dove deep into the dam.

http://www.arkive.org/brown-bear/ursus-arctos/

ONOMATOPOEIA

• The use of words that sound like what they mean.
• Examples: "hiss", "buzz", "pow!", "boom!"

http://velocitydancecenter.org/events/boompow/

IDIOM

• An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally
• Example: "Don't add fuel to the fire" or "That's a piece of cake!"

http://everyday-idioms.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-piece-of-cake.html

MOOD

• Feelings a reader gets when they read a book.
• Examples: frustrated, gloomy, sorrow, excited

http://1button.co/news/2Cc/something-new-for-mr-mood