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Figurative Language

simile. assonance. Figurative Language. personification. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. What is it?. Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness. Simile: a way of describing

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile assonance Figurative Language personification metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. What is it? • Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness

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

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

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

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

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

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

  9. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  10. 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.

  11. Assonance: The repetition of internal vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

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

  13. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

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

  15. PUN • A play on words, or an often humorous use of a word that suggests a different meaning or suggests a similar word with a different meaning. • Ex: “I was thrown out of the concert because I could not conduct myself.”

  16. EUPHEMISMS • “I Can’t Bear to Tell You” • A word or expression we use when we want to be polite so we don’t embarrass others • Comes from the Greek words eu (well) and pheme (speak) EXAMPLES: Revenue Enhancement ----- Tax Increase Downsize staff ----- Mass Firings Pre-Owned ----- Used

  17. OXYMORONS • A figure of speech that brings two contradictory terms together. • Comes from the Greek words oxys (sharp/keen) and moros (foolish) • EXAMPLES: • Old news • Original copy • Plastic silverware

  18. CONNOTATIONS • Extra images and associations that shade a word’s meaning. • Careful writers choose words that have just the right connotation to achieve their purpose in writing and to appeal to their reading audience.

  19. How would you complete the phrase? • The ______________ of freshly –brewed coffee filled the kitchen. • The perfume’s elegant _________ was worth its high price. • The __________ of smoke alerted the family to the fire. • We saw a black and white blur of fur rush by the cabin, and soon the _________ of the skunk wafted though the woods. smell aroma odor fragrance

  20. Now you try!!

  21. Write a simile…

  22. Write a Metaphor…

  23. Use alliteration and create title for the book.

  24. Write a statement using personification about the picture.

  25. What figurative language term does this represent?

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