Alliteration/Allusion
Simile/Metaphor
Onomatopoeia/Personification
Idiom/Hyperbole
100

Alliteration definition:

Constant repetition in the beginning of a word.

100

Metaphor definition:

A comparison without using “like” or “as”.

100

Personification definition

Gives human qualities to things that are non-living like you and me.

100

Idiom definition:

Using words with other definitions.

200

Allusion definition:


An indirect reference from an artist to another work of art.

200

Simile definition:

A comparison using “like” or “as”.

200

Onomatopoeia definition:

Words that imitate a sound.

200

Hyperbole definition:

An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point and/or make an impression.

300

Alliteration example:

Penny the panda paraded pass the palace.

300

Simile example:

Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

300

personification example:

The tree waved in the wind.

300

Idiom example:

Break a leg!

400

Alliteration example:

Danny the dog ate a delicious donut.

400

Simile example:


Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

400

onomatopoeia example:

Boom!

400

Hyperbole example:

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

500

Allusion example:

Her dress was so beautiful I thought she stole it from Cinderella.

500

Metaphor example:

Her eyes were gems.

500

Personification example:

The pencil danced around the page.

500

Hyperbole example:

I am so tired I could fall asleep during a hurricane.