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Figurative Language

simile. hyperbole. Figurative Language. personification. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile hyperbole Figurative Language personification metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Figurative language is a tool that an author employs (or uses) to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and sensory language.

  3. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  4. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  5. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else without using “like” or “as”

  6. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  7. Simile & Metaphor Practice 1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!" 3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack. 4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day. 5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

  8. Personification to give nonliving objects human characteristics

  9. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  10. Personification Practice Personify the following sentences. Change the words in parentheses to words that would describe a human‘s actions. • The CD player (made a noise). • The piano keys (moved up and down). • The old car (moved noisily) into second gear. • The hen (clucked at me) when I tried to take one of her chickens. • My dog (barked loudly at me) when I accidentally stepped on his tail.

  11. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  12. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  13. Alliteration Practice Create examples of alliteration using the first 3 consonants in the alphabet: B,C,D. Example 1: Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plums

  14. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

  15. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  16. Onomatopoeia PracticeWhat word describes the sounds the following pictures make?

  17. HYPERBOLE This box weighs a ton! Hyperbole is a form of speech that could be described as 'extravagant exaggeration'. Mrs. Mondesir gives so much notes my fingers are going to fall off! I’ve told you a million times not to exaggerate!

  18. Hyperbole Practice Complete the following statements with your original hyperbole. • The student is so lazy that ________. • That class was so exciting that _______. • The man was playing his guitar so loudly that ___________.

  19. Figurative Language Mini-assessment

  20. Match the example with correct term. • I could sleep for a year. A. simile • Those girls are like two peas B. metaphor in a pod. C. onomatopoeia 3. The soap bar was a slippery D. alliteration eel during the dog’s bath. E. personification 4. Julie Jackson juggled the jiggly F. hyperbole jello. 5. The tropical storm slept for two days. 6. “Woof, woof, woof,” barked the dog loudly.

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