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Clifton’s Figurative Language PowerPoint

Clifton Dailey September 19,2011. Clifton’s Figurative Language PowerPoint. S imile. Using like or as to compare 2 things. Ex: That man is as old as dirt. Ex : She is as proud as a peacock. Metaphor. Comparing 2 things without using like or as.

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Clifton’s Figurative Language PowerPoint

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  1. Clifton Dailey September 19,2011 Clifton’s Figurative Language PowerPoint

  2. Simile • Using like or as to compare 2 things. • Ex: That man is as old as dirt. • Ex :She is as proud as a peacock.

  3. Metaphor • Comparing 2 things without using like or as. • Ex She is a Gorrilla in the morning. • Ex He is a cheetah when he is running.

  4. Hyperbole • Using exaggeration to make a point. • His teeth were blinding white. • My car is a million years old.

  5. onomatopoeia • Sound word . • The bird went chirp. • The ghost went boo.

  6. Alliteration • Repetition of beginning sound • Ex :Long legged Lucy lost my lunch.

  7. Personification • Giving human qualities to something that is not human. • Ex: The vines yelled at me when I stepped on them.

  8. Idiom • A well known expression that does not mean what it says • Ex: Go fly a kite.

  9. Practice problems • 1. The chair screamed when he sat in it. • 2.The car went boom. • 3. The house is as messy as a junk yard. • 4. His head is as big as a watermelon. • 5. The lightening danced across the field. • 6. Before I went on stage, he told me to break a leg. • 7. Her hair is a dirty mop in the morning.

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