1 Simile A comparison of two things using

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#1 Simile ®A comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as. ”

#1 Simile ®A comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as. ” ® Example – Mr. Gallagher plays hockey like Wayne Gretzky. ® Example – Nate Davis, of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, is as big as a house.

#2 Metaphor ®A direct comparison of two objects. ® A metaphor does NOT use

#2 Metaphor ®A direct comparison of two objects. ® A metaphor does NOT use like or as, but instead it states that something “is” something else. ® Example – Life is a yo-yo.

# 3 Hyperbole ® An exaggeration of the truth for emphasis. ® Example: That

# 3 Hyperbole ® An exaggeration of the truth for emphasis. ® Example: That music is so loud it can be heard across the sea. ® Example - His shirt was so big his brother could wear it at the same time.

#4 Alliteration ® Repetition of a letter or sounds, usually at the beginning of

#4 Alliteration ® Repetition of a letter or sounds, usually at the beginning of words. This is how tongue twisters are formed. ® Examples: She wore sixty shimmering shells under her shawl. The majestic moonlight made Maria melancholy.

#5 Onomatopoeia ® Words which suggest the sound of what they are describing. (buzz

#5 Onomatopoeia ® Words which suggest the sound of what they are describing. (buzz words) ® Examples: The ducks were quacking and the bees were buzzing. The silence was broken by the sound of the cuckoo clock.

# 6 Personification ® To give human qualities and characteristics to an inanimate object.

# 6 Personification ® To give human qualities and characteristics to an inanimate object. To describe something that is inanimate as if it were human. ® Example – The tsunami grabbed tourists and fled with them. ® The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up.