PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SIMILE
A simile is a comparison of two(or more) unlike things using the words like or as.
He was as tall as a giant
METAPHOR
A metaphor is a comparison of two (or more) unlike things without like or as usually uses the words is, are or will be.
He is louder than a baseball announcer.
IDIOM
A idiom is a phrase or expression which means something different from what the actually say.
Hold your horses.
ONOMATOPOEIA
A onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like the noise they name or...words ex. buzz, snap, pop.
Splat went the goo when it fell of the desk
ALLITERATION
A alliteration is the repetitions of initial (1st) constant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
Bill beat the bears in basketball.
PERSONIFICATION
A personification is giving a non - human thing (plants, animals, objects, etc.) human traits (qualities, feelings, ideas, and/or characteristics).
The rain beat down on the city.
HYPERBOLE
a hyperbole is a figure of speech using exaggeration.
I rain a million miles today.
