English

Terms:
Literal Language: It means exactly what it says. Examples: I write with a pencil. The sky is blue.

Figurative language: It uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something. Examples: The world is my oyster. Time is money.

Simile: Is a phrase that has either "as" or  "like". Examples: As cold as ice. As sweet as sugar.

Metaphor: Is used to compare between two things that aren't alike but have something in common.  Examples: He was a shining star. His eyes were ice as he stared at her. 

Idiom: Is a word or phrase which means something different from the actual word. Examples: It's a piece of cake. It's raining cats and dogs.  

Alteration: A tongue twister. Examples: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. If two witches would watch two watches, witch witch would watch witch watch? 

Hyperbole: Is a figure of speech. Examples: The shopping cost me a million dollars. He is as tall as his house. 

Personification: Is when you give an animal or an object abilities that only humans can do. Examples: The car danced across the icy roads. The tree danced back and forth in the wind. 

Onomatopoeia: Is words to describe sounds. Examples: BOOM. WHAM.

Assonance:  Is made up of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words. Examples: We light a fire on the mountain. Go and mow the lawn.

Consonance: Repeating a word without a vowel. Examples: Mike likes his new bike. It will creep and beep while you sleep.