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Figuratively Speaking. Just What am I talking About?. Alliteration. Onomatopoeia. Personification. Simile. Metaphor. Hyperbole. Alliteration. The repetition of beginning sounds, usually the first letters of each major word. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Figuratively Speaking Just What am I talking About? Alliteration Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Metaphor Hyperbole
Alliteration The repetition of beginning sounds, usually the first letters of each major word. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
OnomatopoeiaThe use of words to imitate sounds. PoP Fireworks-Pop, Bang, etc. Crash Water Drip Slurpy
HyperboleA deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration I am so hungry that I could eat a horse. Now , this is really hungry!
Metaphors A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as The guy is a rock She is a Couch Potato Don’t be a Road Hog
SimilesA comparison of two different things or ideas through the words LIKE or AS Your eyes sparkle like diamonds. Her teeth were like pearls
Personification Giving human qualities to an animal, thing or idea. • The wind screamed my name. • The window flew open. • The book jumped out of my locker