Figurative Language
By:Karlee Hallum
Simile
Definition: A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
Eample:"' I could walk around like one of those cigarette girls, saying, 'Short stories?' 'Novels?''"
Metaphor
Definition: A figure of speech that compares or Equates two seemingly unlike things.
Example: "Katniss the girl on fire!"
Hunger Games
Personification
Definition: A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or characteristics.
Example: "But something about the idea grabbed me: writing in public on demand; not performance art, but performance writing."
"The Human Story Machine"
Hyperbole
Definition: A figure of Speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
Example: "But 17 years and a thousand novels later, I'm still waiting."
"The Human Story Machine."
Alliteration
Definition: The repetition of constant sounds at the beginnings of non-rhyming words.
Example: When I was 25 years old and working in Chicago as an editor at the American Bar Association, I wanted nothing more than to become a novelist.
"The Human Story Machine"
3000 Miles By Emblem 3
This song has a Hyperbole it's, "I'm dreaming of a place that's 3000 miles away feel's like it's forever seems like yesterday."