PRESENTATION OUTLINE
simile
Is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
ex: Brave as a lion, crazy like a fox.
metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
ex: she was so excited her eyes popped out of her head!
idiom
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
ex: Its raining cats and dogs!
hyperbole
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
ex: I've told you a million times
personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
ex: The run down house looked depressed.
onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Ex: The cow said "MOOO"
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
ex: Hannah's home hopefully has heat
