Figurative Language Similes Metaphors Hyperbole Assonance Onomatopoeia Personification

Figurative Language Similes, Metaphors, Hyperbole, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Alliteration

Similes • A comparison of two or more things using the words “like” or “as. ” • Example: The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. • Can you come up with any examples of your own?

Metaphors • A comparison of two or more things without using the words “like” or “as. ” • Example: Her hair was pure silk. • Can you come up with any examples of your own?

Hyperbole • A BIG exaggeration, usually with humor. • Example: The creamery had mile high ice cream cones! • Can you come up with any examples of your own?

Assonance • A resemblance of sounds in words or symbols. • Example: holy and stony • Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.

Onomatopoeia • Naming a thing or an action by a sound associated with it • Example: Buzzzz! Hiss. Roar. Wuff! • Can you come up with your own examples?

Personification • Giving non humans (animals, places, objects) humanlike traits. • The teddy bear smiled as the little girl hugged him close. • Can you come up with your own examples?

Alliteration • A number of words in the same sentence or phrase share the same first consonant sound. • Example: The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by. • Can you come up with your own examples?