1. Figures of Speech Figurative Language

2. Simile

3. What is a simile? A comparison using “like” or “as”. She’s as pretty as a picture. Her eyes sparkle like diamonds.

4. Metaphor

5. What is a metaphor? A comparison made without using “like” or “as”. You are an angel. Her eyes were sapphires shining in the night.

6. Personification

7. What is personification? Non-human objects are given human qualities. Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

8. Hyperbole Exaggeration used for effect. “tons of money” “a million thanks”

9. Alliteration

10. What is alliteration? Two or more words close together that begin with the same consonant sound—tongue-twisters! Sally sells seashells by the seashore. The wild wind whistled and wailed.

11. Betty Botter had some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, It would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter, That would make my batter better. " So she bought a bit of butter - Better than her bitter butter - And she baked it in her batter; And the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter

12. Assonance The use of words together that have the same vowel sound. Each and every one eats.

13. Onomatopoeia Boom!

14. What is onomatopoeia? The use of words that sound like what they mean, or the action they describe- sound effects boom, crack, splash…

15. The locomotive chugged down the rickety track. The arrow whistled in the still air. The soldiers snapped to attention. His voice droned on monotonously. Can you find the onomatopoeia ?????

16. Idiom

17. What is an idiom A saying that has two meanings- a literal (word-for-word) and a non-literal (implied) meaning. It’s raining cats and dogs I’m in a pickle It came straight from the horse’s mouth

18. Repetition

19. What is repetition? A word or entire phrase used more than once for emphasis. After seventy days of wind and sun, of wind and clouds, of wind and sand, after seventy days of wind and dust, a little rain came. From Out of the Dust

20. Imagery

21. What is imagery? A visual image that the writer creates with words. I was coming home through a howling dust storm; my lowered face was scrubbed raw by dirt and wind. Grit scratched my eyes; it crunched between my teeth.

22. Symbolism

23. What is symbolism? Something that stands for something else. red = passion, anger white = purity cross = religion heart = love black cat = evil

24. Connotation

25. What is connotation? Positive or negative associations society attaches to words that have nothing to do with the dictionary definition.

26. Example of Connotation House = building Home = security, comfort, and family

27. Denotation

28. What is denotation? The exact dictionary definition of a word.