Figurative language is a speech or writing that departs from normal meaning or sound to create a special effect.
Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration and Idioms
1. Alliteration - is the repetition of a sound in a sentence or series of sentences.
Samantha soared down the street on her sleek skateboard (In this sentence sound of "s" repeats)
2. Personification - makes a non - human things seem human
The tree invited us come and play.
3. Simile - uses "likes" or "as" to make a comparison
She is like a rose
4. Hyperbole - is an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
It's been ages since I last saw you
5. Idiom - an idiom is a phrase that means what it means, even if it doesn't makes sense
I am feeling a bit under the weather (that means, you are not keeping well)
6. Metaphor - this means, that two different things are the same thing
Life is a curly slide, full of twists and turns.