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Metaphor. A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things. Example : Grant is a couch potato. Alliteration. Alliteration is when writers use the same beginning sound. Example: Shane Shoemaker sheers shaggy sheep. Simile. Simile compares two things using like or as.
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Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things. • Example: Grant is a couch potato.
Alliteration • Alliteration is when writers use the same beginning sound. • Example: Shane Shoemaker sheers shaggy sheep.
Simile • Simile compares two things using like or as. • Example: Will is as grumpy as Oscar the Grouch.
Hyperbole • Hyperbole is when something is over exaggerated. • Example: My Mom is on facebook 24/7.
Personification • Personification is giving human characteristics to animals and inanimate objects. • Example: My dog Sarah told me she wanted a treat.