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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Figurative Language

Personification A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.

Personification The sun peeked over the mountain tops.

Personification After a long day of work, the swimming pool was calling my name.

Personification

Pathetic Fallacy A form of personification Gives human emotions to inanimate objects

Pathetic Fallacy The angry storm approached quickly.

Pathetic Fallacy The bitter winter carried on endlessly.

Pathetic Fallacy One lonely slice of pizza remained.

As a group Complete exercise numbers one and two in your packet.

Simile Comparison of unrelated things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Simile Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.

Simile He ran down the field like a freight train.

Simile She was as quiet as a mouse.

Metaphor Comparison of unrelated things without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Metaphor Life is a highway.

Metaphor Time is money.

Metaphor You are my sunshine.

As a group Complete numbers three and four.

Idioms A group of words meaning something different than their literal definition.

Idioms

On your own Complete number five.

Euphemism Mild words used to blunt the effect of more unpleasant words

Euphemism

He spent a few months in the correctional facility.

As a group Complete number six.

Hyperbole An exaggerated statement.

Hyperbole

Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Alliteration Like loads of laundry lying on the lovely linoleum.

Alliteration Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration Those creepy crawly critters caused a cramp in my cranium.

On your own Complete seven and eight.

Irony A situation contrary to what is expected.

Irony

Oxymoron Contradictory words or ideas.

Oxymoron

As a group Complete number 10

Contrast Pointing out differences between things.

Contrast "Unlike most babies, Stuart could walk as soon as he was born." (E.B. White, Stuart Little. Harper, 1945)

Contrast George runs three miles daily, yet Paul hates to exercise.

Contrast While Kim likes prime rib, Tom prefers rice and vegetables.

Homonym Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

Homonyms

On your own Complete 11 and 12 and any other questions in the packet you have not finished.