Figurative Language

Alliteration	The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables .	The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.
Assonance	A resemblance of sound in words or syllables.	Holy & stony  and Ffeet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
Cliche	A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace.	No pain, no gain. Opposites attract. Break a leg.
Hyperbole	Big exaggeration, usually with humour.	Mile-high ice-cream cones. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Metaphor	Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them.	Her hair was silk. He was a bull in a china shop.
Onomatopoeia	Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.	Buzz, hiss, roar, woof.
Personification	Giving something human qualities.	The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close. The moon crept across the sky.
Simile	A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.	The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky.