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Go Figure!

Go Figure!. Figurative Language Grades 6. What is figurative language?. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. Types of Figurative Language. Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Idioms.

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Go Figure!

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  1. Go Figure! Figurative Language Grades 6

  2. What is figurative language? • Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

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

  4. Simile • A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

  5. Metaphor A figure of speech which involves a comparison between two relatively unlike things. The comparison is not announced by like or as. All the world is a stage. Her heart is stone. Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

  6. Alliteration • Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

  7. Personification • A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Example: “The wind yells while blowing." The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

  8. Onomatopoeia • The use of words that mimic sounds. Example: The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

  9. Hyperbole • An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several million occasions.

  10. Idioms • A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally. • Doesn’t “mean” what it says • Don’t be a stick in the mud! • You’re the apple of my eye. • I have an ace up my sleeve. Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet," meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.

  11. Synecdoche • Synecdoche is when a part of something is used to represent the whole thing • Bread is used to represent food or money. • Use your head refers to using your brain. • Ivories can refer to piano keys. • Kleenex refers to facial tissue. • Bugs can refer to any bug in the insect world.

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