A comparison between two unlike things, using LIKE or AS

Giving human characteristics and qualities to non-human things like animals or objects

An extreme exaggeration

Makes a comparison between two unlike things, WITHOUT using like or as

When words have the same ending sound

Words imitate the sounds that it makes

Why do writer's use figurative language?

Using words to create a picture for the reader

repeating of the consonant sound at the beginning of words

I think a ran a million miles today

My shoes smell as bad as rotting trash

The snowflakes danced in the icy wind

My skin is as dry as a lizard

I had to walk around the mall for a 100 hours to do all my shopping

Betty Botter bought some butter to make her batter bettter

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