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Figurative Language

simile. Rhyme scheme. Figurative Language. personification. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as". I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile Rhyme scheme Figurative Language personification metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

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

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

  4. Give it a try • Topic: dark • Topic: cold

  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. Give it a Try • Topic: the moon • Topic: the ocean

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

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

  10. Give it a try! • Topic: a shoe • Topic: a basketball

  11. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  12. 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.

  13. Give it a try! • Topic: Letter s, a snake • Topic: Letter d, a dog

  14. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

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

  16. Give it a try! • Topic: A door slams • Topic: floor creaks

  17. Rhyme Scheme • All poems have a different ways in which rhyming words are placed • This effects the flow of the poem and how the poem is read INVITATION If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fire, For we have some flax golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in!

  18. Rhyme Scheme Letters • Rhyme schemes are often identified with letter patterns • Pairs or rhyming word families are assigned the same letter • The poem “Homemade Boat” follows a simple AB rhyme scheme Homemade Boat This boat that we just built is just fine-- And don't try to tell us it's not. The sides and the back are divine-- It's the bottom I guess we forgot....

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