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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. What Is Figurative Language?. Devices in writing to make it more interesting to the reader. Creates a more vivid picture in the reader’s mind. Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole. Onomatopoeia Alliteration Symbol. Types of Figurative Language. Similes.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language

  2. What Is Figurative Language? • Devices inwriting to make it more interesting to the reader. • Creates a more vivid picture in the reader’s mind.

  3. Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration Symbol Types of Figurative Language

  4. Similes A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

  5. Examples of Similes Life is like a box of chocolates. Dark as night. Her eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky.

  6. METAPHOR • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”. • To compare using am, is, are, was, and were.

  7. Examples of Metaphors The test was a piece of cake. Life is just a bowl of cherries.

  8. Personification Giving human qualities to non-human objects, animals, places, or ideas.

  9. Examples of Personification The trees waved at me. The dog smiled at me. The cake called my name.

  10. Hyperbole • An exaggeration for effect • Stretching the truth to make it interesting.

  11. Examples of Hyperbole I’ve told you a million times to clean your room. She left a list of chores a mile long.

  12. Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate sounds.

  13. Examples of Onomatopoeia Buzz Hiss Ping

  14. Alliteration The repetition of similar consonant sounds, often at the beginning of words.

  15. Examples of Alliteration Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Mara makes meatloaf with her mom, Marchelle.

  16. SYMBOL A symbol is a word or image that stands for something else.

  17. Examples of Symbols A red rose = love The eagle = United States Dove = peace Skull and crossbones = poison

  18. PERSONIFICATION REVIEW

  19. Grandma slept like a baby.

  20. SIMILE

  21. A black rose = death

  22. Symbol

  23. Zip! Pow! Bang!

  24. Onomatopoeia

  25. Daisies stand up on their tiptoes.

  26. Personification

  27. Jack jumped for joy when the jam started.

  28. Alliteration

  29. The hot sauce was a flaming ball of fire in my mouth.

  30. Metaphor

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