1. Figurative Language Unit

2. Figure of Speech or Figurative Language
The form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words.

3. Similes

4. Two unlike things compared using the words “like” or “as.”
Similes
Two unlike things compared using the words “like” or “as.”

5. As snug as a bug in a rug.
You are tucked in nice and snug in your bed and you are very happy there like a bug in a rug would be.

6. Happy as a Clam
You are very happy and content with what is going on.

7. Metaphors

8. Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike objects, thoughts, or feelings to provide description, not using “like” or “as.”

9. My kid’s room is a pig pen.
The kid’s room is super, super dirty.

10. Life is a rollercoaster.
Life can be super crazy, you can have good times or ups, and you can have bad times or downs.

11. Onomatopoeia

12. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Onomatopoeias
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

15. Personification

16. Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

17. The stars dance playfully in the moonlit sky.

18. The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.

19. Alliteration

20. Repeating the same beginning sounds in more than two words.
Alliteration
Repeating the same beginning sounds in more than two words.

21. Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

22. Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.

23. Hyperbole

24. An overly exaggerated description.
Hyperbole
An overly exaggerated description.

25. I am so hungry I could eat a horse

26. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

27. Imagery

28. Imagery
Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes. Helps you create a mental picture.

29. She looks as though she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine, with her soft features and striking beauty.

30. Repetition

31. Using the same word or phrase over and over.
Repetition
Using the same word or phrase over and over.

32. I really, really, really did NOT get the pasture poem you read today.

33. Stanza

34. Stanza
A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme.