Imagery Figurative Language hyperbole oxymoron idiom simile metaphor personification idiom Alliteration onomatopoeia

Simile Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as” Ex: She is as stubborn as a mule! Two unlike comparisons: she, mule

I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.                                                                                                                                                                                                     She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

Now, you come up with 3 similes using the pictures below:

something by comparing it Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

Metaphors Metaphors make stronger images than similes. When you use a metaphor, you are saying that person, place, or thing IS something else (not just like it). Examples: My sister is a dragon. Or The mayor glared with eyes of ice. = ?

The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away. Metaphor Game

Personification Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to other animals or to inanimate (non-living) objects. Ex: The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.

The flowers danced in the wind.                                                              The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

Repetition of the first letter sound. Alliteration: Repetition of the first letter sound. Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes. Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles. Clever Clifford Cutter clumsily closed the closet clasps. Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.

Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.                                                              Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

A word that imitates a noise or action Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a noise or action splash gush kerplunk meow whack ticked pow quack moo bang click swoosh

Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!!                                                 Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

A contradiction used for descriptive purposes. Oxymoron A contradiction used for descriptive purposes. Ex: Dangerously safe Live recording Freezer burn Loud whisper Pretty ugly Friendly argument We’re alone Jumbo shrimp

Hyperbole An exaggeration, or making things seem more extreme than they really were. Ex: He was as smelly as a skunk. We drove for hours looking for this place.

Hyperbole My face was as red as a fire truck. I was so hungry, I could have eaten a hippopotamus.

Idiom The words in an idiom do not have their literal meaning. A culture understands an idiom to have special meaning. Example: “Don’t cry over spilt milk.”

Wolf! ?? He cried wolf. Open mouth, insert foot.

Imagery The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images and emotion as well. (sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell)

Examples of Imagery • Sight: Smoke mysteriously puffed out from the clown’s ears. • Sound: Tom placed his ear tightly against the wall; he could hear a faint but distinct thump thump thump. • Touch: The burlap wall covering scraped against the little boy’s cheek. • Taste: A salty tear ran across onto her lips. • Smell: Cinnamon! That’s what wafted into his nostrils.

Figurative Language Game! Now, it’s time to play….. Figurative Language Game!