FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE!!!!!
Halle Manwarren
Simile
A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
Her eyes are as blue as the ocean.
This allows the reader to have an image in their mind of how blue her eyes were.
Aliiteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the first consonant sound.
Six Swans swam in the Sea.
The author wanted to emphasize and get you to laugh when you read alliterations.
Idiom
An idiom is a word that doesn't mean what is says.
It's raining cats and dogs!
This author is trying to express that it's raining very hard outside.