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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Hyperbole. “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!” (Elizabeth Browning). Example. Use the following prompts to create hyperbole. You Try. I am so thirsty…. 1. This guy is so cheap…. 2. She is so smart…. 3. I love it more than…. 4.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language

  2. Hyperbole

  3. “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!” (Elizabeth Browning) Example

  4. Use the following prompts to create hyperbole. You Try

  5. I am so thirsty… 1

  6. This guy is so cheap… 2

  7. She is so smart… 3

  8. I love it more than… 4

  9. The teacher is so boring… 5

  10. Simile

  11. “O my Love's like a red, red rose, / That's newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns) Example

  12. Create two insults and two compliments using simile. You Try

  13. Create one insult using simile. 6

  14. Create another insult using simile. 7

  15. Create one compliment using simile. 8

  16. Create another compliment using simile. 9

  17. Metaphor

  18. “You are a tulip. (Robert Herrick) Metaphor

  19. First, complete the metaphor: • Hair is… a broom. • Shoes are… hats. You Try

  20. Then, answer who, what, when, where, why or how: • Shoes are… hats(where?) at the other end. You Try

  21. War is a… 10

  22. Love is… 11

  23. School is… 12

  24. Cigarettes are… 13

  25. Smiles of… 14

  26. Personification

  27. “The waves beside them dance…” (William Wordsworth) Example

  28. Personify three places. (i.e. My house sang the Blues when the roof began to leak.) You Try

  29. Place one 15

  30. Place two 16

  31. Place three 17

  32. Figurative Language Identification

  33. Cut the quotations into strips. • Fold your piece of construction paper into quarters and label: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Hyperbole Set-Up

  34. Both quickly and correctly, place the strips in the quadrant to which they belong. • Call me over to check them. • Glue them down. • First person finished gets to gloat. Procedure

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