Figurative LanguageAlliteration Onomatopoeia

Simile MetaphorPersonification Idiom

Hyperbole

Alliteration

The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

Examples: A cow kicked Kevin’s cousin.

A skunk sat on a stump.The stump thought the skunk stunk.The skunk thought the stump stunk .What stunk the skunk or the stump?

Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., beep, cuckoo, sizzle, crash!)

Examples: “Woof” "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz;

Oh what a relief it is." - Slogan of Alka Seltzer, U.S.

Buzz

Moo

Ding Ding

Hyperbole A figure of speech in

which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in “If you don’t buy me an iPod, I’ll die!” or “This book weighs a ton.”

Examples: She’s so small she

has to run around in the shower to get wet.

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

Simile

A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".

Examples: They fight like cats

and dogs. His hands were as

cold as ice.

Like a hammer and a nail, socks and shoes; We go hand in hand, like a rhythm and blues; What good is a man who hasn't got a dream?Bout as good as a car with no gasolineYou're the one I'm dreaming ofGot to have your love;Can't live without it;We were meant to be together, no doubt about it- Neal McCoy

MetaphorA figure of speech inwhich comparison ismade between twounlike things that

actuallyhave something incommon.

Examples: Crocodiles' teeth arewhite daggers. Love is a lemon –

either bitter or sweet

Personification

Giving somethinghuman qualities 

Examples: “Oreo: Milk’s

favoritecookie.” - Slogan forOreo cookies The sun greeted me

this morning.

Idiom A set expression of

two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words.

Examples: He spilled the

beans. You're walking on

thin ice, Mister! It’s raining cats and

dogs.

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