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Figurative Language

simile. assonance. Figurative Language. Imagery. personification. hyperbole. allusion. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant. Alliteration. S tan the s trong s urfer s aved s everal s wimmers on S aturday. .

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile assonance Figurative Language Imagery personification hyperbole allusion metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  3. Alliteration Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  4. Allusion A reference to another work of literature, art, film, etc. The reader understands to allusion and the hidden meaning behind the words.

  5. Allusion… The Grinch (in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”) is called a Scrooge – a reference to “A Christmas Carol”

  6. Assonance: The repetition of internal vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

  7. Assonance Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tipper. The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

  8. Hyperbole exaggeration

  9. Hyperbole… • I nearly died laughing • I was hopping mad Authors use Hyperbole for emphasis

  10. Imagery Use of figurative language to create mental pictures by appealing to one or more of the five senses (sight, hearing, feeling, smelling or tasting.)

  11. Imagery He fumed and charged like an angry bull. The ants began their daily marching drill.

  12. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else (not using like or as)

  13. Metaphors The girl was a fish in the water. The balloon was a feather floating away.

  14. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

  15. Onomatopoeia Toot! Toot! GlipppGlupppGluppp

  16. Personification: to compare something that is not human as if it were human.

  17. Personification The flowers dancedin the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us.

  18. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  19. Similes: I am hungry asa horse. He is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

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