Comparing one thing that is said to the other
Example:these biscuits are rocks
Metaphor
an exaggeration or overstatement
Example: strong as ten men definitely
Hyperbole
gives human characteristics to non-human object or idea
Example:on the ground the tree sat
Personification
And expression that doesn’t mean what the words say
Example:it cost me an arm and a leg
Idiom
A word that imitates the the natural sound it makes
Example: buzz
Example:boom
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of initial in neighboring words
Example:Fred fried French fries
Alliteration
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Example:his back felt stiff as a board
Example:he wined like a baby
Simile