FIGURE OF SPEECH

Simile
compares two unlike things using "as" or "like 1.She ran like a wind. 2.She was as light as a feather.

Metaphor
Two unlike things are considered as one. 1. He is a lion in the fight

Personification

Inanimate things are given human traits. The willow tree shook her long hair.

Hyperbole
Exaggeration for serious or comic effect . Why man, if rivers were dry, I am able to fill it with tears!

Alliteration
Initial consonant sounds are repeated H ank held his head high.

Onomatopoeia
The word that sounds like their meaning. 1. The cow mows. 2. The mobile rings. 3. The bees buzz.

Irony
Opposite of the literary meaning Who speaks so well should never speak in vain.

Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. He ran like a hare down the street. He hared down the street. 'Sit still!' she hissed. The chancellor will steer the economy through these choppy waters. 5. So you've lost the keys. That's clever!

4. 5. 6. 7.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor. I could eat an ox. The radio sang me happy tunes. Blurpteck, Blurpteck, was the sound of his computer. 8. Boring Billy the baker baked a bad boar for brunch. 9. Youre so beautiful and over decorated. 10. The binder screamed as the rings snapped shut.