By: Kevon Boyd

Simile

Uses like or as to compare two (2) unlike things

Ex. As snug as a bug in a rug

Hyperbole

Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect

Ex. This car goes faster than the speed of light

Alliteration The repetition of the first consonant

sound in words in the nursery rhyme:Ex. Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns

around August

Metaphor Two things are compared not using like

or asEx. Her home was a prison

Personification Giving human trails to objects or ideasEx. The stars danced playfully in the

moonlit sky.

Onomatopoeia Words that represent the actual sound

of something are words of onomatopoeia

Ex. Caw, caw

Idioms Expressions that don’t mean what

exactly what they sayEx. It’s raining cats and dogs

Understatement Expression with less strength than

expectedEx. It wont hurt a bit