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Literary Terms

Literary Terms . Figurative Language . Language that is not intended to be taken ______________. All of the other terms that we are studying are examples of _____________ language. Figurative Language . Language that is not intended to be taken literally .

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms

  2. Figurative Language • Language that is not intended to be taken ______________. • All of the other terms that we are studying are examples of _____________ language.

  3. Figurative Language • Language that is not intended to be taken literally. • All of the other terms that we are studying are examples of figurative language.

  4. Alliteration • Repetition of ____________ sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or line. • Tongue twisters use alliteration: Sally sales seashells by the seashore. The “s” sound is repeated. • Remember that it is the _______ that is repeated not the letter. • What sound does “ph” make?

  5. Alliteration • Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or line. • Tongue twisters use alliteration: Sally sales seashells by the seashore. The “s” sound is repeated. • Remember that it is the sound that is repeated not the letter. • What sound does “ph” make?

  6. Hyperbole • An ____________ or overstatement • An example of hyperbole is: He is as big as a house. • Most times a hyperbole is also a ________ or metaphor.

  7. Hyperbole • An exaggeration or overstatement • An example of hyperbole is: He is as big as a house. • Most times a hyperbole is also a simile or metaphor.

  8. Metaphor • A metaphor is a __________ of two unlike things that says one thing is something else. • An example of metaphor is: Her home was a prison.

  9. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is something else. • An example of metaphor is: Her home was a prison.

  10. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is words that ________ a sound or sounds. • Examples of onomatopoeia are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYU8UEgudQ

  11. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is words that imitate a sound or sounds. • Examples of onomatopoeia are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYU8UEgudQ

  12. Personification • Personification is giving __________ characteristics to non-human things. • An example of personification is: The tree leaves waved hello in the wind.

  13. Personification • Personification is giving human characteristics to non-human things. • An example of personification is: The tree leaves waved hello in the wind.

  14. Simile • Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using ______, ____, or as if. • An example of a simile is: He was busy as a bee.

  15. Simile • Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like, as, or as if. • An example of a simile is: He was busy as a bee.

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