Figurative Language

Her hair is a golden ray of sunlight.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

I am dying of thirst!

Place where lines of poetry end to add emphasis to certain words or phrases

He runs like a cheetah.

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration

A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

Sally sells sea shells by the seashore. 

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

What do you call groups of lines in a poem?

The bacon sizzled in the pan. 

Her eyes were as bright as the sun.

A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

I had to walk on egg shells around my mom. 

It's raining cats and dogs.

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

The wind was whispering in the night.