1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

2. #1 SIMILE A simile is one kind of figurative language. It makes a comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.

3. SIMILE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMKaGLmkzk

5. #2 ONOMATOPOEIA Sound words

6. ONOMATOPOEIA VIDEO http://pinterest.com/pin/127860076892703394/

7. ONOMATOPOEIA

10. # 3 IDIOM Sayings that have hidden meanings

11. IDIOM "It's raining cats and dogs!” It’s raining really hard.

12. Give me a hand IDIOM EXAMPLES Hit the books Keep an eye on you You're pulling my leg Cat's got your tongue Zip your lip Cold turkey Wear your heart on your sleeve In the doghouse When pigs fly Put your foot in your mouth On pins and needles I'll be there with bells on Bite off more than you can chew Toss your cookies

13. #4 METAPHOR Compares two things WITHOUT using like or as

14. METAPHOR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFgRj-5d5Ac

15. #5 ALLITERATION Several words in the same sentence that begin with the same sound or letter Example: Tongue Twisters

16. ALLITERATION VIDEO/ TOM THE CAT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTy5ayjD4EE

17. BETTY BOTTER TONGUE TWISTER Betty Botter bought some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter; If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter; But a bit of better butter, Better than the bitter butter Will but make my bitter batter better." So she bought a bit of better butter, Better than the bitter butter, and made her bitter batter better.

18. Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.

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

20. Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.

21. Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.

22. ALLITERATION Go around the room and assign a letter to each child to practice.

23. ALLITERATION

24. #6 PERSONIFICATION Giving human like characteristics to things that are not human

25. PERSONIFICATION The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

26. PERSONIFICATION The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

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

28. PERSONIFICATION You create one.

29. #7 HYPERBOLE Extreme exaggeration

30. HYPERBOLE Nothing can bother him.

31. HYPERBOLE These shoes are killing me.

32. HYPERBOLE Christmas will never come.