Figurative language
AUTHOR: Sabrina Bryan
Hyperbole
A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration
Ex: Those shrimp are as big as Tokyo.
The author is telling you that the shrimp are really big.
Personification
Personification is giving human things to non human things.
My Xbox died after 10 years
The author is explaining that the Xbox was broke
Idiom
An idiom is words that are not taken seriously
It is raining cats and dogs
The author is explaining that it is raining really hard