Figurative Language

Simile

• A direct comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
•  A sheep is as white as a cloud.

Metaphor

• A way of describing something by comparing it to something else; implied
• Comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
• example; He is tall giraffe

Personification

• To give human characteristies to something that is not human.
• Example: My pencil is dancing on paper.

Alliteration

• Repetition of the first consonant sound at the beginning of words.
• Example: My mom makes cupcakes with me.

Onomatopoeia

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound.
• example: Boom

Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement used to heighten. It is not used to mislead the
• reader, but to emphasize a point
• Example: She's said so on