1. Types of Figurative Language
Used in Out of the Dust

2. Simile Comparison using LIKE or AS Examples: White LIKE a ghost
Warm AS a spring day

3. Metaphor Direct comparison of two unlike things- no LIKE or AS
Examples:
She is an old mule.
My mom is a pillar of strength.

4. Onomatopoeia A word that makes the sound of the action it describes.
Examples:
The bacon sizzled.
The door creaked.

5. Repetition
Repeating words, lines, and phrases over again to stress the importance of the idea.
Example:
Spring is flowers, Spring is green grass, Spring is rainy days

6. Alliteration Repetition of beginning consonant sounds. Example:
The lizards leisurely lay in the sun.

7. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in words. Example:
The witch’s fleet feet sweep over the steep stairs.

8. Idioms
An expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of words.
Examples:
Raining cats and dots
Hold your horses
Stabbed in the back
Green thumb
Over his head

9. Imagery Using the 5 sense to describe something (show, don’t tell).
Examples:
Thunder rumbled and rain fell from the sky.
Flowers bloomed and their scent filled the air.

10. Personification
Giving something (an object or animal) human qualities.
Example:
The ball growled at my feet and refused to cooperate every time I tried to score.

11. Hyperbole A huge exaggeration used to emphasize a point. Examples:
“For the ten-thousandth time! Clean your room!”
I had a gash the size of Texas.

12. Stanza
Poem’s paragraph- verse
Example:
Rose are red
Violets are blue

13. Focus: Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, & Simile
Alliteration: Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
Onomatopoeia: A word that makes the sound of the action it describes.
Simile: A comparison using “like” or “as”

14. Examples: The burgers sizzled in the pan.
Onomatopoeia
We were watching and waiting by the water.
Alliteration

15. Examples: Fancy folks fret on the freight train.
Alliteration
Her feet felt like ice.
Simile

16. Examples: It was hard as a rock. The frog splashed on the lily pad.
Simile
The frog splashed on the lily pad.
Onomatopoeia

17. Examples: She was like an angel. The dynamite went ka-boom! Simile
Onomatopoeia

18. Examples: The birds chirped all morning long.
Onomatopoeia
They continued cautiously as they crossed the street.
Alliteration

19. Examples: He moved as slow as a turtle.
Simile
The dog dipped delightfully in the stream.
Alliteration

20. Focus: Metaphor, Personification, & Hyperbole
Metaphor: Comparison of two unlike things (no “like” or “as”).
Personification: Giving something (an object or animal) human qualities.
Hyperbole: A huge exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

21. Examples: Life is a battle. These books in your bag weight a ton.
Metaphor
These books in your bag weight a ton.
Hyperbole

22. Examples: I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
Personification

23. Examples: The noise is music to her ears.
Metaphor
He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.
Personification

24. Examples: She is drowning in the sea of love.
Metaphor
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
Personification

25. Examples:
She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.
Personification
I would die if she asks me to dance.
Hyperbole

26. Examples:
He is older than dirt.
Hyperbole
She is an angel.
Metaphor

27. Focus: Assonance, Idiom, & Imagery
Assonance: Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
Idiom: An expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of words.
Imagery: Using the five senses to describe something (show, don’t tell).

28. Examples: Take someone under your wing
Idiom
The grimy scraps of withered leaves at your feet.
Imagery

29. Examples: A dime a dozen
Idiom
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.
Assonance

30. Examples: Flash with a rash gimme my cash
Assonance
I gazed upon grey skies above
Imagery

31. Examples: Try to light the fire A host, of golden daffodils;
Assonance
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Imagery

32. Examples: Under the weather
Idiom
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.
Imagery

33. Examples: It beats…as it sweeps…as it cleans To throw in the towel
Assonance
To throw in the towel
Idiom