Figurative Language

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Alliteration
The repetition of beginning constant sounds in words .
Sally selled seashells by the sea shore.
Onomanatopoeia
Words that imitate real sounds.
On my first morning on the farm, I was awoken suddenly by the cock-a-doodle-do of the resident rooster.
Personification
Giving human traits / characteristics or actions to something that is not human.
The pencil screamed as I gripped it tightly!
Simile
A comparison of two unrelated things using the connecting words like or as.
As American as apple pie.
Metaphor
A comparison of two different things that does not use like or as.
He is fishing in troubled waters.
Hyperbole
A deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.