REPEAT the same sound at the BEGINNING LETTER of words or phrases that are close together

an EXAGGERATION that could NEVER be true

a group of words that have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately.

suggesting that two things are alike using the word "is"

a word that sounds like the noise or action that it is describing

making a non-human thing behave like a human

using "LIKE" or "AS" to compare two things

words that help the reader create a mental PICTURE of the text

a person who writes a poem

a group of lines in a poem

a row of words in a poem

Bill brought blueberries

He was stronger than 10,000 men.

"Great view," Jimmy said with ______because the window looked directly out onto a crumbling concrete wall with piles of trash around.

The snow is a white blanket.

The author described the fight with _____ using words like “crash” and “pow” to describe the sounds of the action.

Authors often use _____ when writing about landscapes, describing trees as waving in the wind.

Your smile is like the sunlight.

use language that means something DIFFERENT or OPPOSITE from the actual meaning. We use this to sometimes create humor.

Jumbo shrimp is _____.

A combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings.

A joke using different possible meanings of a word is called a _____.

After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.

I've been to the dentist many times so I know the drill.

Joe wants an IPHONE 11, but Dad says it costs an arm and a leg. An arm and a leg is _________.

She won't get married, she has cold feet. Cold feet is ______.

Mom said pay attention, and I said, "I'm all ears." I'm all ears is _______.