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Figurative Language & Literary Devices. IMAGERY METAPHORS SIMILES ONOMATOPOEIA ALLITERATION IDIOMS OXYMORONS HYPERBOLES. EXAMPLES & PRACTICE. IMAGERY. Imagery is writing that helps the reader: See Hear Smell Taste Feel.
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Figurative Language & Literary Devices IMAGERY METAPHORS SIMILES ONOMATOPOEIA ALLITERATION IDIOMS OXYMORONS HYPERBOLES EXAMPLES & PRACTICE
IMAGERY • Imagery is writing that helps the reader: • See • Hear • Smell • Taste • Feel
Use your five senses to create a vivid description of your assigned place. • School cafeteria during lunch hour • An outdoor concert • A public swimming pool • The inside of a car stuck in traffic • A busy restaurant
METAPHORS • A metaphor is an indirect comparison of two objects WITHOUT using “like” or “as”. • My grandfather is my guiding star who gives me direction in life. • When he left his small town and moved to the city, Mark was a fish out of water.
“All life is an experiment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson • In your groups, write your own metaphor for life then explain its meaning.
SIMILES • A simile is a statement that compares two unlike items using the words “like” or “as”. • My life is like an open book. • Time is like a thief that steals away years.
Using the prompts, create your own similes. • Keeping a secret is like………… • My steak was awful; it was like ………. • Fighting through the crowds during the holiday shopping season is like………… • Taking a test on a Monday is like ……………… 5. I am as happy as……
ONOMATOPOEIA • Onomatopoeia is the use of a word whose sound imitates the sound associated with the object or action theword represents. BOOM! BUZZ! Clang! HONK! SWISH!
Give a word that represents the following animal sounds. • A parrot • A snake • A frog • A pig • A dog • A hen
ALLITERATION • Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • She sells seashells by the seashore.
Use alliteration as you create endings for the following sentences. • Handsome Harry……………….. • Studious students…………………. • Clumsy Carol…………………….. • Fancy Farah…………….. • Tiny Tony……………..
IDIOMS • An idiom is a word, phrase, or expression that has meaning beyond the literal meaning of the word(s). • It’s raining cats and dogs! • I think it’s time to bury the hatchet.
Write sentences using the following idioms. • Hold your horses • Lay down the law • On pins and needles • Hanging around • Cracks me up
OXYMORON • An oxymoron is a figure of speech that brings together two contradictory (opposite) terms. • Old news • Original copy • Plastic silverware • Jumbo Shrimp
Match the words below to form oxymorons. • ILL WAR • PEACEFUL OUT • INSIDE IMITITATION • GENUINE HEALTH
HYPERBOLE • A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. • I’ve told you a million times to clean up your room!
Create your own original hyperboles. • My dog is so mean………………. • That test was so hard…………….. • My friend is so lazy…………. • That house is so big……….. • It is so hot outside………
TEST WILL BE… STUDY