Figurative language

Simile

• A direct comparison between two thing using like or as
• You run fast like a tiger

Metaphor

• a comparison between two thing unlike without using like or as
• The clown was a feather floating away 

Personification

• To give human characteristic to something that is not human 
• The flower danced in the wind 

Alliteration

• Repetition of the first consonant  sound at the beginning of words
• we luck late,we shoot straight 

Onomatopoeia

• when a word pronunciation imitates its soud
• the engine revs as the car drives forward

Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect
• She said so several million time