1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
By: Mrs. McDougald’s class

2. METAPHORS
Metaphor- is a comparison of two things or ideas which are normally
not related . Do not use like or as.
Ex: Patricia has a kind heart.

3. SIMILE
 Simile- is a figure of speech using the words like or as to compare
one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
 Ex: Her eyes sparkle like diamonds in the sky.

4. PERSONIFICATION
 Personification- is giving human qualities feelings, action, or
charateristics to non- living thing.
 EX: The leaves dance in the wind.

5. HYPERBOLE
 Hyperbole- is an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one
would believe the statement is true.
 EX: my stomps are so lound that the ground shakes.

6. PUN
 Pun- Funny play on words.
 EX: I knead my shoe!

7. ONOMATOPOEIA
 The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the
sound made by an object or an action.
 EX: One time I ran into the door and it made a BOM! Sound.

8. IDIOM
 Idiom- are phrase that mean something different than what the
words say.
 EX: There is a frog in my throat.

9. ALLITERATION
 Alliteration- is the repetition of the same initial letter, sound , of
group of sounds in a series of words.
 EX: Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers.

10. PALINDROMES
 Palindromes- is a word or phase that can be both forwards and
backwards.
 EX: A father is a DAD.