| Technique | Definition | Your example |
| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ). | Oscar is hot like a pepper |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | Oscar is a pepper |
| Personification | the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. | The tree was screaming as the wind rushed thru its branches |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ). | Clap boom the pan fell on the floor |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | The pillow super cold i almost died |
| Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | Boomy boom boom bouncy boom |