Definitions 1
A comparison of two unlike things using "like," "as," or "than"
What is a simile?
When a thing that is not human is given human characteristics
What is personification?
Her smile is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
The wind whispered through the trees.
What is personification?
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
An expression different from its literal meaning
What is an idiom?
She sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
The thunder boomed across the village.
What is onomatopoeia?
The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
An indirect reference
What is allusion?
I've told you to stop a 1000 times.
What is hyperbole?
The old man with the long, gray beard sat bent over a red bench.
What is imagery?
A comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
A word that sounds like its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
If I just had my ruby slippers, I'd go home right now.
What is allusion?
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
Language that deals with the five senses
What is imagery?
He ran like lightning.
What is a simile?