Figurative Language

Language that makes your writing come alive.

When to use…

Anytime you want to improve your writing.

When you want to describe an event, person, thing, or place.

When you want to break up your writing and make it more creative.

Simile

A comparison using the word like or __________.

Simile

She is as light as a feather.

He is as big as a house.

Tony is like a bull.

Lisa runs like a deer.

Simile

Alley is as pretty as a _________.

Kevin is as smart as a _________.

Ariel is like a ______________.

Jeremy is like a ____________.

Simile

Ashley hair is as pretty as ________________.

L.L. is as kind as a ___________________.

Metaphor

A comparison that does not use _____ or ______.

Metaphor

She is a duck in water.

All the world's a stage” (Shakespeare).

Life is a journey,

The goalkeeper was a rock

Metaphor

Mr. McCann is a ___________________________.

Mrs. Jones is a ____________________________.

Ms. Heavens is a _____________________________.

Personification

Giving life like qualities to non living things.

Such as emotions, desires, sensations, physical gestures and speech

Personification

Earth felt the wound.

Snow speaks to the people.

Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Personification

Reading ______________________________________________________________________________________.

The clock _________________________________.

Onamonapia

the formation of words whose sound is imitative of the sound of the noise or action designated.

Such as hiss, ______,and bang

Onamonapia

tinkle drip dropcreakratchedswish

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Pun

A pun is a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious.

It is supposed to be funny.

Pun

A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.

What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway)

In democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism it's your count > that votes.

Pun

Did you hear about the fire in the circus, it was intense.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

Irony

The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

The song Ironic, is only a use of irony because there are no example of irony.

Irony

the Hard Rock Cafe was destroyed by a building collapse.

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

Alliteration

The __________________ of the beginning sound.

Think tongue twisters.

Alliteration

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Tim teaches tiny students.

Ashley always abides.

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Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

It’s a huge _________________.

Hyperbole

I told you a million times to pick up your room.

I have 20 hours of homework tonight.

Hyperbole

If she does not go out with me I will just die.

The other team was 10 feet tall.

No one has ever felt like this.

Idioms

Language specific expressions.

Statements that do not _____________ sense when taken literally.

Idioms

Knock yourself out

His presentation was a homerun.

A Blessing In Disguise

A Dime A Dozen

Idioms

A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned.

A Slap on the Wrist

Back Seat Driver

Close but no Cigar

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