1. Figurative Language simile hyperbole personification metaphor
Alliteration
onomatopoeia

2. Figurative language is a tool that an author employs (or uses) to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and sensory language.

3. comparing it with something
Simile:
a way of
describing
something by
comparing it with something
else using
"like" or "as"

4. 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.

5. something by comparing it
Metaphor:
A way of describing
something by comparing it
to something else without using “like” or “as”

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

7. Simile & Metaphor Practice
1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"
3. The giant’s steps were thunder when he ran toward Jack.
4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.
5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

8. to give nonliving objects and animals
Personification
to give nonliving objects and animals
human
characteristics

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

10. Personification Practice
Personify the following sentences. Change the words in parentheses to words that would describe a human‘s actions.
The CD player (made a noise).
The piano keys (moved up and down).
The old car (moved noisily) into second gear.
The hen (clucked at me) when I tried to take one of her chickens.
My dog (barked loudly at me) when I accidentally stepped on his tail.

11. Alliteration:
Repetition
of the
first
consonant

12. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

13. Alliteration Practice
Create examples of alliteration using the first 3 consonants in the alphabet: B,C,D. Example 1: Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plums

14. Onomatopoeia:
Words that are
sounds

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

16. Onomatopoeia Practice What word describes the sounds the following pictures make?

17. many notes my fingers are times not to exaggerate!
HYPERBOLE
This box weighs a ton!
Hyperbole is a form of speech that could be described as 'extravagant exaggeration'.
                                            
many notes my fingers are
Ms. Tanner gives so
going to fall off!
I’ve told you a million
times not to exaggerate!

18. Hyperbole Practice
Complete the following statements with your original hyperbole.
The student is so lazy that ________.
That class was so exciting that _______.
The man was playing his guitar so loudly that ___________.
                                                       

19. Figurative Language Mini-assessment
                  
Figurative Language
Mini-assessment

20. Match the example with correct term.
I could sleep for a year A. simile
Those girls are like two peas B. metaphor
in a pod. C. onomatopoeia
3. The soap bar was a slippery D. alliteration
eel during the dog’s bath. E. personification
4. Julie Jackson juggled the jiggly F. hyperbole
jello.
5. The tropical storm slept for two days.
6. “Woof, woof, woof,” barked the dog
loudly.