Figurative Speeches are:
S Simile
H Hyperbole
A Alliteration
M Metaphor
P Personification
O Onomatopoeia
Simile
- a comparison between two unlike things using the word "like", "as" or "than"
He is as blind as a bat
He is larger than life
It is black as night
She eats like a bird
Hyperbole
- uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
I've told you a million times
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Your backpack weighs a ton
Alliteration
- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Carly cooked a Casserole
Will wanted warm weather
Boston baked beans
Metaphor
- an expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics.
Laughter is the best medicine
His words are wisdom
Life is a journey
Her eyes were ice
Personification
- giving human qualities to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions.
The hyena laughed
The snowflakes danced
The fog crept in
The wind howled
Onomatopoeia
- a word that sounds like what it is describing.
Click
Meow
Buzz
Drizzle
Whoosh
Splat
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