Defining typical figurative language terms: alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, personification

1. Timmy tries to train his tongue… figuratively speaking

2. Personification Metaphors Similes Alliteration Figurative Language Imagery Hyperbole Idioms Onomatopoeia

3. A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Personification

4. Personification The ocean licked its salty lips as it swallowed the sinking ship.

5. Hyperbole An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

6. Hyperbole Timmy has a ton of homework.

7. Metaphor A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be.

8. Metaphor You are daddy’s little ray of sunshine.

10. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements Idiom

11. Idiom Timmy was burning the midnight oil preparing for his final exam.

12. Alliteration Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words

13. Alliteration Tiny Tim’s tiptoeing through the tulips.

14. Simile A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as.

15. Simile Tim’s as strong as an ox.

16. Onomatopoeia What do you hear?

17. Onomatopoeia Chime Whoosh Clap

18. Timmy’s tongue is now as sharp as a whip. Whoop, Whoop! Way to go, Timmy!