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Descriptive Language

Irony. Alliteration. Descriptive Language. onomatopoeia. Alliteration: Repetition of the first Sound or letter. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy ’ s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations. Irony.

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Descriptive Language

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  1. Irony Alliteration Descriptive Language onomatopoeia

  2. Alliteration: Repetition of the first Sound or letter

  3. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

  4. Irony The language that describes something that is opposite of what the reader might expect!

  5. Irony Example: “The history test is postponed for two weeks? I’m so disappointed !” Cara said with a wide grin

  6. Onomatopoeia: Descriptive words that imitate the sounds they describe

  7. Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

  8. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  9. personification simile Figurative Language Pun Hyperbole metaphor Symbolism

  10. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  11. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  12. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

  13. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  14. Personification to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

  15. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  16. Symbolism • Anything that represents, or stands for, an idea, person, event, or object. It is never stated, you as the reader have to make an inference. • Example: • A heart symbolizes love • A lion symbolizes courage

  17. Hyperbole: Is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated Or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response • Examples: • They ran like greased lightning • He’s got tons of money • Her brain is the size of a pea • He is older than the hills

  18. A word play suggesting, with humorous intent, the different meanings of one word or the use of two or more words similar in sound but different in meaning. A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. PUNS

  19. Examples of Pun! • Why did the kid bring scissors to school? • So he could cut class.

  20. Pun Fun! • How do mountains hear? • With mountaineers.

  21. Pun Fun! • What was the reporter doing at the ice cream shop? • Getting the scoop!

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