Applying human traits to animals

and things or ideas.

Personification
Comparison of
characteristics of two
different things using
like or as.
The stock market is
like a roller coaster
ride--up and down.
My best friend
was a
backstabber.
He told my
girl friend I
had been fired
from my job.
Metaphor
Metaphor

It’s a land
of milk
and honey.
Metaphor
Metaphor

No man is
an island.
A repetition of
initial consonant
sounds.
 Alliteration
The sign reads:
Education:
The inculcation of
the
incomprehensible
into the
indifferent by the
incompetent.
 Alliteration

If Peter Piper
picked a peck of
pickled peppers,
how many
pickled peppers
did Peter Piper
pick?
Gross
exaggeration
Words
written like
the sound
they make.
 Words used
that have a
different
meaning than
the literal
meaning.
“ You can’t tell a book by
its cover.” Meaning: You
can’t know a person by
their looks alone.
“live out of a
suitcase”
meaning
traveling all
the time.
“name
dropper”
Someone
who wants
others to
know they
associate
with
important
or famous
people.
“had a
ball”
meaning
had a
good time
“I’ll cross that bridge
when I come to it.”
Meaning: I’ll deal
with that when the
time comes.
“Don’t burn your
bridges.”
Meaning: Don’t
alienate people that
can help you, or don’t
cut off your
connections to
opportunities.
“man on the
street” meaning
the ordinary or
average man
“highway
robbery”
meaning
charging too
much i.e. Some
credit card
interest rates
are highway
robbery.
Example: I was late because I was
caught in a traffic jam.