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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Simile . A comparison using like or as His feet were as big as boats. Metaphor. A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. Her hair is silk. Simile or Metaphor?.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language

  2. Simile • A comparison using like or as • His feet were as big as boats.

  3. Metaphor • A metaphorstates that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. • Her hair is silk.

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

  5. Simile or Metaphor? • I feel like a limp dishrag. • Those girls are like two peas in a pod. • The fluorescent light was the sun during our test. • No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket. • The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath. • Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

  6. Simile and Metaphor Game • Find a partner • You have 5 minutes to come up with as many similes and metaphors for the word chocolate • You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points for each metaphor • They must be written so that I can read them

  7. Chocolate • Make as many similes and metaphors as you can for this word.

  8. What is Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables. • Also known as Initial Rhyme. Here are some examples: • the wild winds of winter • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/otherresources/glossaryofliteracyterms/WhatIsAlliteration.htm

  9. The railroad tracks ran right through the center of town. • Alliteration makes the reader read faster, adding a sense of speed and intensity to the sentence.

  10. Consonance • Alliteration is NOT just repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words, it could be in the middle of a word. This is also known as “consonance.”

  11. Consonance is a lot like alliteration, except the letters being repeated can appear at the beginning or at the end of the word. • Example:1. More men came home that day than we ever expected.2. She gave the big dog a hug.WriteGuide’s Letter Writing Program

  12. Personification • to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

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

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