Exploring Figurative Language Techniques

1. Figurative Language Review

2. Simile • A comparison using like or as • His feet were as big as boats.

3. Metaphor • A metaphorstates that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. • Her hair is silk.

4. Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. also imitative harmony Example:splash, wow, gush, kerplunk

5. What is personification? Personification is: Giving human-like qualities to inanimate or non-human things

6. What is Alliteration?? -Alliteration occurs when two or more words in a row start with the same first consonant sound. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

7. Assonance Assonance takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. Example: Johnny went here and there and everywhere.

8. Idioms Idioms are phrases which people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean. For example: It’s raining cats and dogs. Its literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret it to mean that it is raining hard.

9. Hyperbole A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects. The difference is a hyperbole is an exaggeration. • Example: "I nearly died laughing!"

10. Repetition • Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.