You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
It is the repetition of a sound in a sentence or series of sentences.
It is exaggeration.
Simile
It makes a non-human thing seem human.
Life is a curly slide, full of twists and turns.
Samantha soared down the street on her sleek skateboard.
Metaphor
It is a word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing.
The tree invited us to come and play.
Alliteration
It suggests that two different things are the same thing.
The ball streaked across the field like a meteor.
Idiom
The jet zoomed across the sky.
Onomatopoeia
It is a phrase that means what it means, even if it doesn’t make sense.
Personification
The extra-point kick missed by a mile!
Uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison.
Hyperbole
