Figurative Language

Figurative Language Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration

Hyperbole • A figure of speech that is entirely exaggerated in order to make a point. • Examples • A million bees had stung him. • George ate so many doughnuts, we had to widen the front doorway to roll him out of it. • I could eat a horse! • My backpack weighs a ton. • It took forever to get to the beach.

Appetite In a house the size of a postage stamp lived a man as big as a barge. His mouth could drink the entire river You could say it was rather large For dinner he would eat a trillion beans And a silo full of grain, Washed it down with a tanker of milk As if he were a drain.

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Onomatopoeia • The use of words that imitate sounds. • Examples • Crash • Splash • Boom • Bing • Clang • Cling

Onomatopoeia by Eve Merriam The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash splatters scatters spurts finally stops sputtering and splash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes.

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Alliteration • The repetition of consonantsounds in the beginning of words. It is also a repetition of consonant sounds, such as “fish” and “physics”. It can also be used on the strongest, stressed syllable of a word, such as “above” and “belt.” • Examples • lovely lonely lights • Peter Pipper picked a peck • Kandy cooked quickly before karate class • mixed biscuits • Barbara bought banana bread instead of baking

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Figurative Language