Figurative Language
Compare two things using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Bang ! CRASH ! buzz !
Onomatopoeia
It raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The wind whispered through the trees
Personification
Compares two things two by saying one *is* the other.
Metaphor
Two opposite word put together
Oxymoron
Phrases with figurative meanings not deductible from the individual words.
Idioms
Repeating the same beginning sound
Alliteration
Combinations of contradictory words that create a new,often ironic meaning.
Oxymorons