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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Definitions and Examples. METAPHOR Definition: comparison of 2 things without using like or as. Examples: The baby was a rug rat. My dad is being a couch potato. That truck driver is a road hog. Those boys together are a recipe for disaster.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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  1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Definitions and Examples

  2. METAPHORDefinition: comparison of 2 things without using like or as. Examples: The baby was a rug rat. My dad is being a couch potato. That truck driver is a road hog. Those boys together are a recipe for disaster. Her eyes were sparking gems!

  3. SIMILEDefinition: comparison between two things using like or as. Examples: His hair was black as a cat. Her attitude was hard as nails. The dog was sweet as honey. The willow’s music is like a soprano. Life is like an onion: You peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.

  4. HYPERBOLEDefinition: exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous.Examples: • I could eat a million ice cream cones • My backpack weighs a ton • Eyes as wide as saucers • You snore louder than a freight train • My teacher is older than the hills • She was as small as a peanut • I tried a thousand times • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse • He has tons of money • Her brain is as small as a pea • I will die if she asks me to dance

  5. ALLITERATIONDefinition: repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words. Examples: • She sold seashells at the seashore • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers • An ape ate Alice’s Apples • I bought a bit of buttered bread • Vera Violet Vinn is very very bad on her violin

  6. PERSONIFICATIONDefinition: giving a non-human object human qualities.Examples: • The wind whistles • Fear knocked on the door • Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie • The sun greeted me this morning • Opportunity knocked on the door • The lightening lashed out with anger • Snow blanketed the ground outside • The camera loves me • Trees danced in the wind • My phone hates me

  7. ONOMATOPOEIADefinition: a word that imitates the word it represents. Examples: • Phew, that stinks! • The pig squealed. • Baa, Baa went the sheep. • The fire works made a loud boom. • Splish, splash went the boots in the puddle. • The tires screeched. • Bah, hum bug. • Achoo! • The bees buzzed. • Don’t plop on the sofa. • Poof!The magician made the rabbit disappear.

  8. IDIOMDefinition: a phrase that is made up of words that can’t be understood by literal meaning. Examples: • Break a leg • Sweep you off your feet • Sweet tooth • Two peas in a pod • Head honcho • Goody-Two-Shoes • Under the weather • Tickled pink • Red Carpet Treatment • Mum’s the word

  9. REPETITIONDefinition: repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern. Examples: • Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. • Jack be nimble. Jack be quick. • Today, in every way, I say, I may. • Two and two are four. • And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. (Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost)

  10. ASSONANCEDefinition: repetition of internal vowel sounds in two or more words.Examples: • The spider skins lie on their sides. • Fleet feet sweep by sleeping Greeks. • Try to light the fire. • And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride. (Annabel Lee) • Hear the mellow wedding bells.

  11. IMAGERYDefinition: language that appeals to the senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.Examples: • When he opened the door, he was hit in the face with a smell that was similar to rotting pumpkin guts. • Her blue eyes were bright as the sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk. • A host of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. • Continuous as the stars shine, and twinkle on the milkyway, the stretched in never-ending line, along the margin of the bay.

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