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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Discover the magic of figurative language with similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, and more. Writers use these techniques to add color and depth to their writing, creating vivid images that help readers visualize the narrative more effectively. Dive into examples like "the red sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain" and "the trees danced in the wind." Unravel the beauty of onomatopoeia, where words mimic actual sounds, as seen in "the chalk goes screak, screak, screak like fingernails scraping" and "the sack fell into the river with a splash." Test your knowledge with engaging examples such as "I ate so many tacos, I could explode!," "the ants marched home," and "the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas." Immerse yourself in the world of figurative language and appreciate the artistry of words in literature.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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  1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE • LITERAL LANGUAGE – WORDS MEAN EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY • FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE– IMAGINATIVE USE OF WORDS.

  2. Types of Figurative Language • Simile • Metaphor • Hyperbole (hy-per-bo-lee) • Personification • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia

  3. Why do writers use FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? • To add PIZZAZZ to their writing • To help the reader visualize what is going on • To add VIVID images

  4. SIMILE • FIGURE OF SPEECH COMPARING UNLIKE THINGS USING “LIKE” AND “AS”

  5. SIMILES (continued) “…the red sweater is still sitting there like a big red mountain.” “Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me likepennies in a tin Band-Aid box.”

  6. METAPHOR • A COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS NOT USING “LIKE” OR “AS”

  7. METAPHORS (continued) • “I put my head down on the desk and bury my face in my stupid clown sweater arms.” • The red mountain of a sweater was sitting there on the edge of my desk. “…THE RIBBON OF ROAD WOUND THROUGH THE FARM LAND.” Crow Call - Lowry

  8. alliteration • Repetition of the first consonant sound in words Jerry Jordan’s jelly jar and jamDr. Suess

  9. Alliteration (continued) • “…that stupid Sylvia Saldivar says…” • “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.” The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

  10. HYPERBOLE(HY-PER-BO-LEE) • OBVIOUS EXAGGERATION TO EMPHASIZE A POINT OR ADD EXCITEMENT

  11. Hyperbole (continued) • My book bag weighs a ton! • I nearly died laughing. • “It’s maybe a thousand years oldand even if it belonged to me I wouldn’t say so.” Eleven- Cisneros

  12. PERSONIFICATION • GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO SOMETHING NOT HUMAN

  13. Personification (continued) • The sun wrapped its warm arms around my shoulders. • The trees danced in the wind.

  14. onomatopoeia Words that represent the actual sound of something

  15. onomatopoeia(continued) The chalk goes screak, screak, screak like fingernails scraping. All of the Above by Shelly Piersall The sack fell into the river with a splash.

  16. Figurative Language Guess the type of figurative language!

  17. I ate so many tacos, I could explode!

  18. hyperbole

  19. The alarm clock went off like a bomb!

  20. Simile

  21. The ants marched home.

  22. Personification

  23. The police car was a neon pinball at lightning speed as we pulled our car over to the side of the dark road to get out of the way.

  24. metaphor

  25. The sun went to bed!

  26. Personification

  27. The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

  28. Metaphor

  29. She was as quiet as a mouse. CLICHÉ ALERT!!

  30. Simile

  31. The tick-tock of the old clock.

  32. onomatopoeia

  33. The trees whispered to each other in the darkness.

  34. Personification

  35. It is going to take me a year to finish that research paper.

  36. hyperbole

  37. onomatopoeia

  38. alliteration

  39. As we looked at the pond the frog’s tongue was moving like lightning.

  40. Simile

  41. She ate the mountain of food greedily.

  42. metaphor

  43. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

  44. alliteration

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