1. Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration
Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration

2. Hyperbole
A figure of speech that is entirely exaggerated in order to make a point.
Examples
A million bees had stung him.
George ate so many doughnuts, we had to widen the front doorway to roll him out of it.
I could eat a horse!
My backpack weighs a ton.
It took forever to get to the beach.

3. Appetite In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.

4. Now you try!!!
Write a sentence using hyperbole.
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5. Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples Crash
Splash
Boom
Bing
Clang
Cling

6. Onomatopoeia by Eve Merriam
The rusty spigot
sputters,
utters
a splutter,
spatters a smattering of drops,
gashes wider;
slash
splatters
scatters
spurts
finally stops sputtering
and splash!
gushes rushes splashes
clear water dashes.

7. Now you try!!! Write a sentence using onomatopoeia.
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8. Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. It is also a repetition of consonant sounds, such as “fish” and “physics”. It can also be used on the strongest, stressed syllable of a word, such as “above” and “belt.”
Examples
lovely lonely lights
Peter Pipper picked a peck
Kandy cooked quickly before karate class
mixed biscuits
Barbara bought banana bread instead of baking

9. Now you try!!! Write a sentence using alliteration.
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