Figurative Language

Simile

• A direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as
• Ex: The boy is as strong as a rock

Metaphor

• A way of describing something by it to something else
• Implied comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
• Ex: Your head is a soccer ball

Personification

• To give human characteristics to something that is not human
• Ex: The pizza jumped out of my hands

Alliteration

• Repetition of the first constant sound at the beginning of words
• Ex: Kinevel kicks the coke can

Onomatopoeia

• When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound
• Ex: Snap

Hyperbole

• An exagerated statement used to heighten effect
• It's not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point
• Ex: Everyone knows that