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Creative Language Activities for Description

Engage in various language exercises like imagery, onomatopoeia, metaphor, and more to enhance your writing skills. Explore figurative language and practice alliteration in a fun and interactive way.

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Creative Language Activities for Description

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  1. Figurative Language Notes

  2. Imagery • Using sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, feelings to describe something in more detail. • Ex. My father lies blue and ice cold beneath his snow white sheets. His hands are the rough texture of sandpaper. The frosted winter is harsh.

  3. Onomatopoeia • Using sounds as words; “pow” “zoom” “crunch” “weeeeee” “buzz” “boom” • Ex. The swamp frogs croaked in unison • Ex. The flag flapped in wind • Ex. The sheep went, “Baa.”

  4. Metaphor • Definition: says that one thing is another different thing. The simplest form of metaphor is: "The [first thing] is a [second thing].” • Ex. Her home was a prison • Ex. George is a sheep

  5. Simile • Definition: says that one thing is like another different thing; Using the words as...as and like. • Ex. These cookies taste like garbage. • Ex. He eats like a pig. • Ex. It felt as hard as rock.

  6. Hyperbole • Definition: uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response.  • Ex. Her brain is the size of a pea • Ex. He is older than dirt • Ex. I am so hungry I could eat a horse

  7. Personification • Definition: giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas). • Ex. The washing machine hummed a merry tune while it worked. • Ex. The window winked at me.

  8. Alliteration • Definition: The repetition of an initial consonant sound • Sally sells seashells by the seashore • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

  9. Activity Instruction • In your group you’ll have 3 minutes per activity • In your group you have: • 3 sheets of paper (one for each activity) • Writing utensils

  10. Activity: Imagery • Pick a character, draw a picture of them and describe them in 4 sentences using strong imagery and details (what they look like, what they are doing, where they are). • Charlie-high school football star • Luke- Harvard-bound (super smart) • Clarissa- head cheerleader & volleyball player • Megan- 4H champion, future Ag. Major at A&M

  11. Activity: Onomatopoeia • Tell me about something that your group likes to do…use the sounds that you’d hear while doing it and put them into words…

  12. Activity: Alliteration • You will create a 5-line story using Alliteration • Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?

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