The Many Types of Figurative Language

1. September 19,2011 By Cathy Tedder The Many Types of Figurative Language

2. Simile • A simile is comparing 2 things using like or as. Example 1 My grandmother’s house is like a living nightmare. Example 2 The creepy ghost was as white as a sheep!

3. Metaphor • A metaphor compares 2 things with out using like or as. Example 1 Candy is a sweet paradise. Example 2 Caitlin is a skinny skeleton .

4. Hyperbole • A hyperbole uses exaggeration to make a point. Example 1 The pug was as ugly as a goblin. Example 2 My brother scared me to death.

5. Onomatopoeia • An onomatopoeia is a sound word. Example 1 The skeletons rattled in the closet. Example 2 Suddenly there was a loud bang!

6. Alliteration • An alliteration is the repeating of a beginning sound. Example 1 All the scary ghost go to the grocery store for a gross ghost party. Example 2 The candy called us to the candy bowl on the crowded porch.

7. Personification • Personification is giving something not human, human qualities. Example 1 The jack o` lantern followed us with his eyes as we walked by. Example 2 As the black cat walked across our path it laughed at our costumes.

8. Idiom • An idiom is a well known expression that does not mean what it says. Example 1 The cat had our tongue because my brother scared us. Example 2 The boat loud of candy was a dime a dozen.

9. Practice Problems • The baby wined as her sister was taken by the boogie monster. • His costume was as scary as a duck. • The kids were so scared they ran like greased lighting. • The house was as purple as a purple pickled eater. • The wall poster jumped out at us once we put the 3D glasses on. • Little Tommie's costume was the scary real thing. • Scaring my little sis was a piece of cake.