The use of exaggeration for effect or emphasis. ‘She is going to drive me up the wall.’
Hyperbole
The comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as.” For example, ‘He is as blind as a bat.’ ‘They took to it like a moth to a flame
Simile
To use figurative language to express or emphasise an idea. It is the opposite of a literal expression. For example an idiom, metaphor, simile or personification for example, ‘She’s over the hill.’
Figurative Language
The start of two or more words in a sentence, sounds the same. They often begin with the same consonant sound, but do not need to begin with the same letter.
Alliteration
The pronounced utterances that separates the word into smaller parts, they may contain one vowel and may or may not have consonants. For example: i-di-om has three partitions.
Syllables
Two or more words in a poem have the same sound at the start, end or in the middle of the words, which has an echoing, pleasing and memorable effect
Rhyme
Objects, ideas, emotions and animals are given human-like qualities or characteristics. For example: the sun beat down on their backs all day.
Personification
A common expression that uses metaphors, similes and personification. For example; ‘It cost an arm and a leg.’
Idiom
The comparison of two things that says one thing is another. For example: He is lightning quick
Metaphor
A word that expresses a sound, it describes the noise that it makes.
Onomatopoeia
