Figurative Language

Right is to write as eight is to 

The wild walrus waits and wonders when we will walk by. 

Words that mean the opposite thing

Tell is to told as ring is to 

We heard a loud screech right before the cars crashed. 

Repeating the same starting sound of words 

Common similarities and differences between items 

My dad is a knight in shining armor to me. 

Pentagon is to five as octagon is to eight 

A regular pattern of stresses, like a beat 

She had so many scoops her ice cream cone was a mile high! 

The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. 

The sunshine smiled at me when I looked out the window this morning. 

Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

Words that mean the same thing are called ...

Writing that uses the five senses to create pictures 

A phrase that says one things but means another 

Exaggeration for effect

Hold your horses, I am coming! 

Comparison of two or more things not using like or as 

When a words pronunciation imitates its sound