Download presentation
Published byBrooklyn Weddington Modified over 10 years ago
1
September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice
K.W. Reed September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice
2
Simile A simile compares two things using like or as.
Example: She is as skinny as a rail.
3
Metaphor A metaphor compares two things without using like or as.
Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest! Example: She is a pig.
4
Hyperbole A hyperbole uses exaggeration to make a point.
Example: He’s got a gazillion dollars!
5
Onomatopoeia An onomatopoeia is a sound word.
Example: When I shot a gun it said bang! Example: When the banana hit the ground it said splat!
6
Alliteration A alliteration is a repetition of being sound.
Example: A donkey drowned down the road. Example: A monkey made a moose cry.
7
Personification A personification gives nonhuman things human qualities. Example: The flowers were dancing in the wind when I walked by.
8
Idiom Idiom is a well known expression that does not mean what it says. Example: The early bird gets the worm.
9
Practice Problems 1.You are a wreck!
2.I am so hungry I could eat a horse! 3.You are old as dirt. 4.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 5.The tree danced in the wind with me. 6.When I popped the balloon it went bang! 7.She is as fat as a pig.
Similar presentations
© 2024 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.