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Figurative Language. Kallie and Evan September 19, 2011. Simile. Using like or as to compare 2 things His head was as hairless as a baby’s bottom. Metaphor. C omparing two things without using like or as; something is something else. Trevor’s belt was a snake twisting around his waist.
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Figurative Language Kallie and Evan September 19, 2011
Simile • Using like or as to compare 2 things • His head was as hairless as a baby’s bottom.
Metaphor • Comparing two things without using like or as; something is something else. • Trevor’s belt was a snake twisting around his waist.
Hyperbole • Using exaggeration to make a point. • They ran like the wind.
Onomatopeia • A sound word. • The dog went bow-wow.
Alliteration • Repetition of beginning sound. • Mrs. Moore may have many moths in her house.
Personification • Giving human qualities to something not human. • The computer doesn’t like me. The camera loves me.
Idiom • A well known expression that doesn’t mean what it says. • A dummy and his money easily lose each other.
Practice Problems • The phone went brrringbrrring. • Her hair is a rat’s nest. • She is shiny as a diamond. • She is hungry as a horse. - He has 200 pounds of money. • We went with the walrus named Walter. • The branches curtsied to the ground.
