FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

SIMILE

• The comparison of 2 unlike thing using "like" or "as"
• Her teeth were as white as a paper.
• The dog looked like a mop!
• Means- that her teeth were white.
• Means-that the dog had long white hair

METAPHOR

• The comparison of 2 things without using "like" or " as"
• Life is a roller coaster.
• The cheetah is a lightning bolt.
• Means-that life has ups and downs.
• Means- that a cheetah is really fast

PERSONIFICATION

• Giving human characteristics to a non-living object
• The cake was calling my name.
• The alarm clock was yelling at me .
• Means- that I really wanted to eat the cake.
• Means- that the alarm clock was going off.

ALLITERATION

• When words that start with the same letter are used close together.
• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
• Big bunnies burry baby bunnies.

HYPERBOLE

• The extreme exaggeration for emphasis.
• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!!!
• It's 100 years until Christmas!!!
• Means- that you are really hungry.
• Means- that you think that Christmas is far away.

ONOMATOPIEA

• Word that imitate sound.
• The thunder CRACKED!!!
• The CLANGING of the pots and pans woke the baby!!!