FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Simile Metaphor
comparing two things using like or as comparing two things that are not alike

• As fast as a cheetah • Franklin has a heart of gold.

• As brave as a lion • You are my sunshine.
• Teeth like daggers • The classroom was a zoo.

Hyperbole Onomatopoeia
an exaggerated statement used to make words that imitate sounds
a point
• Pow
• I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. • Crunch
• I’m so tired, I could sleep forever. • Boom
• I have told you to put your folder
away one million times.

Alliteration Personification
repetition of words with the same giving human characteristics to an
sounds object, idea, or animal

• Sally sells seashells by the • The sun greeted everyone with

seashore. “good morning!”
• Betsy broke her bread basket. • The wind whistled throughout the
• Fred froze in the freezing rain. day.
• The leaves danced in the wind.