1. Figurative Language metaphor Alliteration personification simile hyperbole onomatopoeia

2. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

3. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. He is sneaky as a snake. She is happy as a clam.

4. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

5. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

6. Personification to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

7. The flowers danced in the wind. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution. The friendly gates welcomed us.

8. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

9. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

10. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

11. Chug chug chug!! Swish swish swish Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

15. “ Pitch the tent” means to set up a tent. Baylie

16. Amelia Bedelia thought “pitch the tent” meant to throw the tent. Baylie

17. "Plant the bulbs" means to plant flowers in the ground. Hannah

18. Amelia Bedelia thought that "plant the bulbs" meant to put lightbulbs in the flower pot. Hannah

19. Now you try!!

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