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Go Figure!

Go Figure!. Figurative Language. Types of Figurative Language. Simile. Onomatopoeia. Metaphor. Hyperbole. Personification. Imagery. Alliteration. Idiom. Repetition. Rhyme. Simile. A way of describing something by comparing it with something by using “like” or “as.”.

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Go Figure!

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  1. Go Figure! Figurative Language

  2. Types of Figurative Language Simile Onomatopoeia Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Imagery Alliteration Idiom Repetition Rhyme

  3. Simile • A way of describing something by comparing it with something by using “like” or “as.”

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

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

  6. Examples of Metaphors The man was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  7. Personification • Giving human characteristics to ideas or things.

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

  9. Alliteration • Repetition of the first consonant.

  10. Examples of Alliteration Stan the strong swimmer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  11. Rhyme • The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

  12. Examples of Rhyme Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you! Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

  13. Onomatopoeia • Words that are sounds

  14. Examples of Onomatopoeia Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Grooooowl Glippp Gluppp Gluppp Chug chug chug!!

  15. Hyperbole • Intentional exaggeration or overstating, often for dramatic or humorous effect

  16. Examples of Hyperbole Your problem makes me so sad that I feel a flood of tears coming on.

  17. Imagery • Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses. • Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell

  18. Examples of Imagery Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night. After the windstorm, a blanket of leaves covered the ground.

  19. Idiom • A figure of speech that belongs to a particular language, people, or region and whose meaning cannot be obtained, and might even appear ridiculous, by joining the meanings of the words composing it.

  20. Examples of Idioms • Jane: "I just got an e-mail message from our old friend Sally."Samantha: "Tell me what she said. I'm all ears!"

  21. Repetition • The use, more than once, of any element of language- a sound, a word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

  22. Examples of Repetition And the highwayman came riding—          Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. A red-coat troop came marching—          Marching—marching— King George’s men came marching, up to the old inn-door.

  23. You will find examples on the following slides. You will need to identify the type of figurative language that is being used.

  24. 1. The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves. Personification 2. The crook was as slippery as an eel. Simile

  25. 3. He was slow like a snail. Simile 4. The shop was a little gold mine. Metaphor

  26. 5.The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool. Simile 6.The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!" Personification

  27. 7. The video camera observed the whole scene. Personification 8. Green grass grows Alliteration

  28. 9. She sells seashells by the seashore Alliteration 10. That dog is so ugly that I have to tie a $100 bill on him to get people to pet him. Hyperbole

  29. 11. Video games are mental playgrounds for young people. Metaphor 12. It’s raining cats and dogs. Idiom

  30. 13. I’m so hungry that I could eat a cow. Hyperbole 14. The bitter, acidic taste of the lemon lingered in his mouth. Imagery

  31. 15. The teacher could hear the crunch, crunch of her chips. Onomatopoeia 16. We told him to break a leg in the play. Idiom

  32. Now it is your time to write some examples. Pick one type of figurative language and write an example based on the picture shown on the following slides.

  33. Your Orignial # 1 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  34. Your Orignial # 2 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  35. Your Orignial # 3 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  36. Your Orignial # 4 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  37. Your Orignial # 5 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  38. Your Orignial # 6 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

  39. Your Orignial # 7 Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Imagery Idiom Rhyme Repetition

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