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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Warm-Up. “The girl laughed like a hyena.” is an example of what figurative language term? Metaphor Simile Idiom “The toast jumped out of the toaster.” is an example of which figurative language term? Alliteration Onomatopoeia Personification

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language

  2. Warm-Up • “The girl laughed like a hyena.” is an example of what figurative language term? • Metaphor • Simile • Idiom • “The toast jumped out of the toaster.” is an example of which figurative language term? • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Personification • “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” is an example of which figurative language term? • Hyperbole • Idiom • Metaphor • “Sally sold seashells at the sea shore.” is an example of what? • Allusion • Alliteration • Idiom

  3. Let’s Review!

  4. Similes and Metaphors

  5. Hyperbole • An extreme exaggeration used to make a point. • I’ve told you a million times. • I had a ton of homework. • You could have knocked me over with a feather.

  6. Personification • Giving a human characteristic to something non-human. • Traffic slowed to a crawl. • My alarm clock yells at me every morning. • Time flies and waits for no one.

  7. Alliteration • Occurs when a series of words in a row have the same first letter sound • Peter Piper picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers • Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in sand. • Walter walked wearily while wondering where Wally was.

  8. Onomatopoeia • Creation of words that imitate natural sounds

  9. Idiom • An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning. • A piece of cake. • Slipped my mind. • Cross your fingers. • Get kicked out of. • Be in the same boat.

  10. Allusion • An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly – a reference • I’m surprised his nose was not growing like Pinnochio’s. • He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL-wEe03hc – 1:46-2:13, 3:21-3:52 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw0pl7GfOqw – 1:07-1:24 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCLsqCz-PA – first 20 seconds

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