Figurative language                                 ~                          3 Common Types

A simile uses the words like or as to compare two different things.      

Ex. 0, My luve's like a red, red rose... Robert Burns  

A metaphor is a more directly implied comparison that does not use like or as.

Ex. You are my sunshine, cool.                

A personification gives human characteristics or qualities to nonhuman things such as animals 

or objects.  Ex. The lion cub sneered in my face.