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Figuratively Speaking!

Figurative Language Appeals to the imagination Makes a comparison between different things to create a mental image 6 Types of Figurative language: Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as Simile A comparison of two unlike things using like or as He eats like a pig. I’m as light as a feather. My teeth are gleaming like I’m chewing on aluminum foil. -Nelly

Makes a comparison of two different things WITHOUT using like or as. Metaphor Makes a comparison of two different things WITHOUT using like or as. -States that something is something else. You are the light in my life. Life is a garden, dig it. Everyday IS a winding road. Everyday IS faded sign. -Sheryl Crow

Hyperbole An exaggeration I nearly died laughing. I think of you a million times a day. I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home. I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more… -The Proclaimers

How do you tell them apart? (take notes) Simile: uses like or as He was AS cold AS ice. - He was cold LIKE ice. Metaphor: makes a comparison WITHOUT using like or as A cup of tea IS the best medicine for a cold. Hyperbole: exaggeration My brother exploded when he saw the damage to his car.

Alliteration The matching or repetition of consonant sounds is called alliteration, or the repeating of the same letter (or sound) at the beginning of words following each other immediately or at short intervals. lady lounges lazily sweet smell of success a dime a dozen bigger and better jump for joy

Alliteration “Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table, waiting for Warren. When she heard his step. . . “ -Robert Frost sink or swim do or die the more the merrier live and learn

Personification figurative language that gives inanimate objects or animals human characteristics. Example: The wind reached down and plucked the leaves from the lawn. -My pencils keep getting up and walking away from me!

Onomatopoeia A word that imitates the sound it represents Imitative harmony Examples: splash clang squeak gush hiss boom kerplunk purr crash