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100

Comparing two objects using like or as.

Simile

100
Comparing two objects without using like or as
Metaphor
100
The stale bread was as hard as a rock.
Simile
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
100

A person, place, or thing

Noun

200

Using extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole

200
What are your five senses?
Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.
200
The car lights blinked in the distance.
Personification
200
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Simile
200

A word that describes a noun or pronoun. Ex. The GREEN grass grew after the rain.

Adjective

300
Giving human qualities to an object or animal
Personification
300
Words that imitate the sounds they make
Onomatopoeia
300

Boom, splat, buzz, kachoo!

Onomatopoeia

300

The boy's stomach was a bottomless pit.

Metaphor

300

A word that shows action in a sentence.

Verb

400
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound in words that are close together
Alliteration
400
Using a play on words. (Someone attempting to be funny, but it usually is not.)
Pun
400
It was so cold outside, I thought I would die. (Could it really have been THAT cold?)
Hyperbole
400
The trumpet sang out the notes for the Star Spangled Banner.
Personification
400

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another of itself. Ex. The turtle SLOWLY crossed the street.

Adverb

500
A figure of speech that does not literally mean what it says. It has usually been passed down from generation to generation.
Idiom
500

The term for all of the devices a writer uses to give the reader a better description and understanding of what is happening in the story or poem. We are studying this RIGHT NOW!

Figurative Language or Literary Devices

500
The early bird get the worm.
Idiom
500

My dog is a pig when it is time for supper.

Metaphor

500

The big blue bird flew across the bridge.

alliteration

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