Figurative Language
metaphor
a direct comparison
between two objects Your eyes are stars!"
(is/was are/were)
simile
a comparison
between two objects Your eyes are like stars!
using "like" or "as
personification
giving an inhuman
thing human
qualities
The stars are envious of
your eyes!
onomatopoeia
words that sound
like their meaning
Whoosh! The stars
penetrated the earth's
atmosphere.
alliteration
where the same
sound starts a series We worked while the
of syllables or
wind whispered.
words
hyperbole
a gross
exaggeration
I’m so hungry I could
eat a horse!