Similes and Metaphors
Simile: A comparison of unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as.'
Example: Grandma would stand as proud as a peacock.
Metaphor: A comparison of unlike things that say something is another thing.
Example: Towering above the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
Example: Grandma would stand as proud as a peacock.
Metaphor: A comparison of unlike things that say something is another thing.
Example: Towering above the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration used to make or prove a point
Example: The townspeople say Grandma's flowers were the most exquisite flowers in the entire world.
Example: The townspeople say Grandma's flowers were the most exquisite flowers in the entire world.
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Personification
Giving human characteristics to inanimate things.
Example: The roses wept for their smashed friends.
Example: The roses wept for their smashed friends.
Onomatopoeia
Words that make sounds
Example: . . . . a bee's buzzing would break the silence.
Example: . . . . a bee's buzzing would break the silence.
Idiom
A word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said.
Example: It was only once in a blue moon that the flowers did not bloom.
Example: It was only once in a blue moon that the flowers did not bloom.
Alliteration
When two or more words begin with the same initial sound.
Example: Stooping to the ground, Sarah smelled the sweet, scarlet flower.
Example: Stooping to the ground, Sarah smelled the sweet, scarlet flower.
Cliche
A phrase or expression that is overused.
Example: With most of her flowers folded on the ground, only time would tell if the flowers would survive.
Example: With most of her flowers folded on the ground, only time would tell if the flowers would survive.