Figurative Language Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, alliteration,

Figurative Language use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings.  requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.  The clouds were like beds of cotton in the sky

SIMILE- After the football game, the boy was so sore he walked A figure of speech comparing two different things using the words “like” or “as.” After the football game, the boy was so sore he walked like a toy soldier.

Stars are buttons off the angels’ gowns. METAPHOR- A figure of speech comparing two different things by saying one thing is another. Stars are buttons off the angels’ gowns.

Onomatopoeia- a word or words that imitate a sound On a hot summer day, the clink of the ices cubes make me thirsty.

Personification- Giving human characteristics to things that are not human The moonlight walked across the water!

Hyperbole- Exaggeration is used for emphasis Our teacher is so old, she Probably taught cavemen how to make the wheel.

Alliteration- Repetition of the same consonant sounds. Cop Curt wrote Wanda the Witch a speeding ticket. She was flying and flipping over the fifty-five mile an hour limit.

Figurative language Firework Take some time to model how to find the figurative language. Completely model the first section(think out loud). If necessary, completely model the second as well. Show them how to highlight, etc. Finally ask a student or students to do the third section…

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Figurative language

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