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Figurative Language. By: Darnell, Sarah, and Tess. Simile. A simile is two things you compare using “like” or “as”. Example: He swam like a fish in the water. Example: She ran like a gazelle at track. Onomatopoeia . An onomatopoeia is a sound that’s in text.
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Figurative Language By: Darnell, Sarah, and Tess
Simile • A simile is two things you compare using “like” or “as”. Example: He swam like a fish in the water. Example: She ran like a gazelle at track.
Onomatopoeia • An onomatopoeia is a sound that’s in text. Example: The bee “buzzed” around my head. Example: The motorcycle “zoomed” down the street.
Pun • A pun is two words that can be homophones that have different meanings. Example: Oh, dear! A deer! Example: With fronds like these, who need anemones? (“Finding Nemo”)
Metaphor • A metaphor is two things that are compared that are completely different. Example: He was a mouse in class. Example: The kid was an ox in soccer.
Idiom • An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning. Example: She’s in the dog house! That means she is in trouble. Example: Haley is a chip off the old block. That means she’s just like her mom or dad.
Hyperbole • A hyperbole is a statement used to make dramatic affect. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat an elephant! Example: He jumped so high he touched the sky!
Personification • A personification is giving character to an inanimate object. Example: He called his Nissan Pickup old Jack. Example: The ball screamed with pain.
Alliteration • Alliteration is the use of the same sound at the beginning of words in a verse. Example: Flapping flamingos flocked near the flames. Example: Fat farmers feasted on feet.
