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Figurative Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Personification | giving human qualities to non-humans |
| Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things by saying one IS the other |
| Simile | Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| Alliteration | Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several important words in a row |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerating |
| Onomatopoeia | a word that is pronounced as a sound |
| Imagery | Words that help form a picture in a reader's mind (sight, smell, taste, sound, touch) |