Figurative Language

Simile

• A direct comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
• Ex: I run like a cheetah.

Metaphor

• Def:a way of describing something by comparing it to something else implied
• comparison between two unlike things Without like or as
• Ex: Your head is a soccer ball.

personification

• Def: To give human characteristics to something that is not human.
• Ex: My pencil ran quickly across the paper.

Alliteration

• Def: Repetition of the first consonant sound at the beginning of words.
• Ex: Alex asked Alejandro for answers.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Def: When a words pronuciation mitates its soun.
• Ex: Wow

HYPERBOLE

• Def: An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.
• Ex: Every one knows that