Figurative Language.

1. Figurative Language.

2. Personification – An animal given human like qualities or an object given life –like qualities. Ex. Now if the sun’s smiling down, or the boat hugged the shore that’s personification.

3. Alliteration-Consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of words. Ex. When sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia or Caleb calls Chris cause he’s coming to California its called alliteration .

4. Assonance – Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. Ex. But when you’ve got a vowel sound that keeps sounding the same that’s a figure called assonance.

5. Hyperbole – Exaggeration often used for emphasis. Ex. Man, that's like a million times harder! Take something true , then exaggerate it way farther .

6. Onomatopoeia –Words that imitate the sound they are naming. Ex. Crash, Boom, Hiss, Bang, Pop, smack.

7. Metaphor – A direct comparison of two unlike things. Ex. A metaphor is similar but watch out! Be careful cause you’ve got to leave “like” and “as” out. My mind is an ocean; my words are a river,

8. Simile –A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”. Ex. A simile is something that you use to compare Two un related things with an element that’s shared . My mind is like an ocean ;it’s as smooth as jazz but it’s only a simile if it uses “like” or “as’.

9. Imagery – Most images are visual,but they can also appeal to the senses of sounds, touch,taste,or smell.

10. Idiom -