The document defines and provides examples of several types of figurative language including alliteration, hyperbole, irony, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, metaphor, and idiom. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, hyperbole exaggerates for emphasis, and irony means saying one thing but meaning the opposite. Onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, personification gives human traits to non-human things, and similes and metaphors make comparisons using like or than or without. Idioms have meanings not derived from the literal words.

1. Figurative Language
English, Mrs. Kirk
• Alliteration: an initial identical consonant sound is repeated.
i.e. The willows were whispering… (the w sound)
• Hyperbole: a term that exaggerates and gives force or intensity
to what we say or write.
i.e. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.
• Irony: when a speaker or writer says one thing, but means the
opposite.
i.e. The perfect picnic …is not perfect because of rain,
spoiled food, etc.
• Onomatopoeia: words that sound like the things they refer to.
i.e. Buzz, splat, clang
• Personification: a device that gives human qualities (emotions,
intelligence,) to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects.
i.e. Spongebob Squarepants
• Simile: comparison of two things using like, as, or than.
i.e. Quick as a cricket.
• Metaphor: comparing two things without like, as, or than.
i.e. His body was wooden with fear.
• Idiom: the meaning of the phrase does not mean exactly what
the words might imply.
i.e. hang one’s head; under the weather; kick the
bucket