Defining and identifying figures of speech

Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

Direct comparison of two unlikely things

Giving human qualities, actions, or characteristics to non-human things

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.

Your lips are as red as strawberry.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Crash! There goes the favorite vase of mother. I am in big trouble.

My life is one big puzzle.