Figurative Language

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Simile

Words that sound like the object or action they are describing

Giving a non-human thing human qualities

Comparing something to something else

Comparing something to another similar thing, usually using the words 'like' or 'as'

Repeating the same sound at the start of two or more words

An obvious exaggeration