Figurative Language

Simile

• A direct compression between two unlike things using ''like'' or ''as''
• EX: He is as fast as a horse

Metaphor

• Away of describing something by comparing it to something else;
• implied comparing between two unlike things without using ''like'' or ''a
• Ex:

Personification

• To give human characteristics to something that is not human
• The flowers died in the water

Alliteration

• repetition of the first consonant sound at the beginning of words
• Ex: Awesom Avery played soccer

Onomatopoeia

• When a words pronunciation imitates its sound
• boom, buzz, hiss, clink, beep, vroom, zip

HYPERBOLE

• An exaggeration statement used to heighten effect. It is not used