FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PROJECT

Alliteration

• Alliteration is when multiple words have the same letter starting the word.
• the BIG BLACK BEAR...
• Another example, the OLD ODD OYSTER...

METAPHOR

• A metaphor is a comparison not using like or as like a simile
• She is a gem.
• He is a good cookie
• He is a red apple

IDIOM

• An idiom is a catch phrase
• It's raining cats and dogs!
• Break a leg!

PERSONIFACATION

• Personification is when non-human things have human characteristics
• The wind whispered in my ear
• The grass danced as the wind blew

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Sounds are words, used in comics
• Wow
• Pop
• BAM

HYPERBOLE

• Being super exaggerated
• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
• I know everything about dogs

IRONY

• When something happens and you least expect it
• The cop gets pulled over
• The fire station burns down

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