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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. BY: Lidy Vargas Pocho. Alliteration. The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by . Assonance . A resemblance of sound in words or syllables .

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language BY: Lidy Vargas Pocho

  2. Alliteration • The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables • The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by 

  3. Assonance  • A resemblance of sound in words or syllables  • Holy and stony  and Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese

  4. Idiom  • The language peculiar to a group of people  • She sings at the top of her lungs

  5. Cliche • A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace  • No pain, no gain

  6. Hyperbole • Big exaggeration, usually with humor  • mile-high ice-cream cones 

  7. Metaphor  • Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them  • Her hair was silk

  8. Onomatopoeia • Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it • buzz, hiss, roar, woof 

  9. Personification • Giving something human qualities  • The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close

  10. Simile  • A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as • The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

  11. Identifythetype • That gorilla is only 400 kg; he is a lightweight! • Snap crackle pop • Many hands make light work • Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Cliche

  12. More examples: • “I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” • My heart raced as the tension built in my room • She sells sea shells by the shore. • Simile • Personification • Alliteration

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