1. Today’s Learning Goal is to talk about
Figurative Language

2. Idiom
An idiom is a saying that has a meaning that’s different than the literal meaning of the phrase.

3. Idiom examples Cross your Fingers Piece of cake I’m all ears
Cry crocodile tears
Hold your horses
Open a can of
worms
Let the cat out of
the bag
Piece of cake
Out of the blue
Get your act together
Give it a shot
I’ve got your number
Once in a blue moon
Sick as a dog
Get cold feet
In the same boat
Under the weather
Cool as a cucumber

4. hyperbole
Hyperbole is a word or a phrase that does not have its normal everyday literal meaning.
It is an exaggeration.

5. Hyperbole Examples I had to wait an eternity!
I’m so hungry, I can eat a horse!
It’s taking a million years to get ready!
It’s the best pizza in the whole wide world!
This suitcase weighs a ton!
The baby’s smile is a mile long!
It was so cold, I saw polar bears
wearing jackets
If I can’t get a smartphone, I
will die!
My shoes are killing me!
This car goes faster than the
speed of light!

6. Alliteration
Alliteration are words that start with the same sound & are used close together in a phrase or a sentence.

7. Alliteration Come and clean your closet.
The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest.
Shut the shutter before it makes you shudder.
Go and gather the green leaves in the lawn.
Please put your pen away and play the piano.
The baron was busy as a bee.
Round and round she ran until
she realized she was running round
and round.
Lazy lizards lying like lumps!
Paula planted the petunias
in the pot.
Boil the butter and bring it
by the bank.
Larry’s lizard likes leaping
leopards.

8. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to. When you pronounce the word, it will mimic the sound of what it is describing.

9. Onomatopoeia Examples
Clank
Clash
Click
Crash
Crunch
Ding dong
Drip
Fizz
Flutter
Bam
Bang
Beep
Blah
Boom
Brrr
Bump
Choo-choo
Clang
Bark
Bow-wow
Buzz
Caw
Chirp
Cock-a-doodle- doo
Gobble
Honk
Hoot
Meow
Gasp
Knock
Munch
Murmur
Phew
Snap
Slap
Slurp
Yikes

10. Personification
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.

11. Personification Lightning danced across the sky.
The wind howled in the night.
The car complained as the key was turned.
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
The door protested as it opened slowly.
My house is a friend who protects me.
The moon played hide and
seek with the clouds.
That book was so popular, it
flew off the shelves.
My car’s headlights winked
at me.
She is so beautiful the camera
loves her.
Our vacuum hums a happy tune
while it cleans.
Time flies and waits for no one.

12. Simile
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

13. Simile Examples As clean as a whistle As hungry as a bear
As big as an elephant
As blind as a bat
As boring as watching paint dry
As brave as a lion
As bright as a button
As busy as a bee
As clean as a whistle
As cold as ice
As dry as a bone
As easy as ABC
As free as a bird
As fresh as a daisy
As good as gold
As happy as a dog
with two tails
As hungry as a bear
As light as a feather
As playful as a kitten
As sly as a fox
As snug as a bug in a
rug
As solid as the ground
we stand on
As sour as vinegar

14. Metaphor
The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as:

15. Metaphor Examples The snow is a white blanket.
He is a shining star.
Time is money.
The computers at school are
old dinosaurs.
He is a night owl.
The falling snowflakes are dancers.
Books are keys to your imagination.
The wind was an angry witch.
The kids were monkeys on the
jungle gym.
My big brother is a couch potato.
The thunder was a mighty lion.
He is a walking dictionary.
Metaphor Examples
The snow is a white blanket.
The hospital was a refrigerator.
The classroom was a zoo.
America is a melting pot.
Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
Life is a rollercoaster.
The slide on the playground was a hot stove.