Words that Paint: Exploring Figurative Language

1. Figurative language By: Pedro Martinez

2. Simile She is as wise as a owl. • Comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

3. Metaphor She has a stone heart. • Two things are compared without using “like” or “as”

4. Personification The sunlight danced • Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

5. Onomatopoeia Words that represent actual sound of something are word of onomatopoeia • The dog barked (“bark, bark, bark!!”)

6. Hyperbole I’ll love you forever. • Exaggerating to show string feeling or effect.

7. Alliteration Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • The repetition of the first consonant sound in words, as in nursery rhymes.

8. understatement Ill be there in a second. • Expression with less strength than expected.

9. Idioms Its raining cats and dogs • Expressions that don’t mean what exactly what they say.