Definitions
Words that sound like what they are
What is onomatopoeia?
The baby is as cute as a button
What is a simile
The wind howled like a wolf.
The wind howled loudly or high-pitched
Time flies when you're having fun.
Time goes by fast when you're having fun
I've told you a million times to clean your room.
I've told you multiple times
A comparison of two unlike things that suggests a similarity between the two items
Life is a roller coaster.
What is a metaphor?
She has a heart of gold.
The heart is being compared to something priceless
Break a leg!
Good luck
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase
What is alliteration?
The tree branches danced in the wind.
What is personification?
Her voice is music to my ears.
Her voice has a nice sound
The early bird catches the worm.
Being first is beneficial
Come up for a hyperbole for being extremely tired.
Example: I haven't slept in a week.
Making an inanimate object or animal act like a person
What is personification?
The classroom was a zoo.
The classroom was loud and out of control
The test was a breeze.
The test was easy
That's a piece of cake!
That is easy
Her smile lit up the entire room.
Her smile is bright or contagious
An expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements
What is an idiom?
Life is like a box of chocolates.
He runs like the wind.
It's not rocket science!
It's not difficult
Come up with a hyperbole about someone who is old
Example: He is a million years old.
He's been around since the dinosaurs.