* Simile: Comparing something to something else using "like" or "as."
* Example: "My toes are so cold, they're like ice." (From "The Cold Feet")
* Metaphor: Stating that something *is* something else, without using "like" or "as."
* Example: "My dad is a walking encyclopedia." (From "My Dad")
* Personification: Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
* Example: "The wind whispered secrets to the trees." (From "The Wind")
* Hyperbole: Exaggeration for effect.
* Example: "I've got a million things to do." (From "A Million Things")
* Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds.
* Example: "The clock ticked tock, tock, tock." (From "The Clock")
Silverstein also frequently employs imagery to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind through sensory details, as well as humor and repetition for emphasis.
To analyze figurative language in a specific poem from "A Light in the Attic," you'll need to tell me which one you'd like to discuss.