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FIGURATIVE language

FIGURATIVE language. By Colby Elmore. Simile. A simile is a comparison of two words using LIKE or AS. Example 1: Looking at the whales face was like hanging upside down from a set of monkey bars. Example 2: His temper was as explosive as a volcano. .

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FIGURATIVE language

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  1. FIGURATIVE language By Colby Elmore

  2. Simile • A simile is a comparison of two words using LIKE or AS. Example 1: • Looking at the whales face was like hanging upside down from a set of monkey bars. Example 2: • His temper was as explosive as a volcano.

  3. Looking at the whale was like hanging upside down from a set of monkey bars. Explanation: The whales face was very weird to look at.

  4. His temper was as explosive as a volcano. • Explanation: He had a short, but very hot temper.

  5. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison of two words WITHOUT using LIKE or AS. • Example 1: -Chuck Norris’s round house kick to the face is a pile of needles pinning your face to the ground. • Example 2: -The train was an angry animal roaring down the tracks.

  6. Chuck Norris’s roundhouse kick to the face is a pile of needles pinning your face to the ground. Explanation: A Chuck Norris roundhouse kick to the face is very painful.

  7. The train was an angry animal roaring down the tracks. • Explanation: The train moved very LOUD and FAST.

  8. Alliteration • A sentence when every word sounds alike. Example 1: -Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Example 2: -Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout would not take the garbage out.

  9. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Explanation: SEE!! ALL THE WORDS SOUNDALIKE!! • P.S. say that as fast as you can without screwing it up.

  10. Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout would not take the garbage out. • Well… same explanation as slide 9 right?

  11. Onomatopoeia • Words that are like BANG! BOOM! POW! SMACK! You know, your basic comic book dictionary. • Example 1: The bomb exploded with a BANG! • Example 2: He said the dirtiest word to his mother and SMACK! Went her hand across his face.

  12. The bomb exploded with a BANG! • Explanation: The bomb was very loud. Conscience: “Should I move out of the way?”

  13. He said the dirtiest word to his mother and SMACK! Went her hand across his face. • He was punished physically for the dirty word he said. NO PICTURE

  14. Personification • Giving human characteristics to non human objects. • Example 1: -The waves of the sea were dancing as the wind was carrying it’s tide. • Example 2: -The forest was calling my name.

  15. The waves of the sea were dancing as the wind was carrying it’s tides. • Explanation: The Sea can’t really dance and the wind can’t really carry it’s tides.

  16. The forest was calling my name. • Explanation: The forest can’t really call your name. “HELLO! Nice to see you again!”

  17. Hyperbole • A figure of speech used for exaggeration, emphases or effect. • Example 1: -“SQUIDWARD! SQUIDWARD! WERE OUT OF NAPKINS!” • Example 2: -“There's a monster in my closet.”

  18. “SQUIDWARD! SQUIDWARD! WERE OUT OF NAPKINS!” • Explanation: A low amount of napkins is not that big a deal.

  19. There’s a monster in my closet. • Explanation: The boy is exaggerating from that scary movie he saw the other night.

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