Figurative language
English 1-4 Anthony Suarez
simile
figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind used to make a description more emphatic or vivd
Ex. Hunger games
Ex" Delly Cartwright is a pasty-faced, lumpy girl with yellowish hair who looks about as much like server as a beetle does a butterfly
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Ex. the most dangerous games
"I could sleep without closing my eyes;the night would my eyelids"
personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human from.
Ex.hunger Games
"The energy of the table"
hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Ex. hunger games
"she is the friendliest girl on the planet"
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex. hunger games
''i noticed him a boy with blonde hair peering out from behind his mothers back"