Figurative Language
Similes
Definition- A simile is comparing two things using as or like.
Examples-The fire was hot as the sun.
The water was cold like ice.
Metaphors
Definition-A metaphor is a figure speech saying one thing that is the same as another.
Examples-Purple is coloured stars in the sky
Blue is the sky.
Onomatopoeias
Definition-A onomatopoeia is saying a sound that an animal or other noise they make.
Examples-wolf, oink, moo, beep, zzzzz, click, clank
Hyperboles
Definition-Hyperboles are being exaggeration that can't possibly do in real life. It's also comparing two things.
Examples-Zara and young-Zara is so young she can't grow.
Personifications
Definition-Personificatioin is an object that isn't alive to come in real life.
Examples-The spoon was so strong he bent himself.
The chocolate cried when the girl put him in the sun.
Alliterations
Definition-An alliteration is a sentence starting with the same letter but some words like an or is to make the sentence right.
Examples-She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
My mum makes me mix my mini m & m on a Monday morning.
Idioms
Definition-Idioms are words that express the meaning that you mean.
Examples-Cost an arm and a leg.
A chip on your shoulder.