Transcript of Figures of Speech2 Kent
that depart from straightforward
are often used and crafted for
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Unlike things using or .
ou are as pretty as a
lik e
a s
two unlike things or e!pressions,
sometimes using the "erb #to be,$
and not using like or as %as in a
()obert Herrick
seashore.
repetition
came down
'he friendly &elcome of the &ayside &ell.$
# $
represents.
Clanging /re bells
From #'he 0ells$
(dgar Allan +oe
an .
exaggera tiono,erstate
stood
as he washed the dishes.
%A& Simile
%0& Onomatopoeia
%3& Hyperbole
*ife is a beach1
#"eter "iper picked a peck of pickled peppers.$
(Mother 8oose
%A& Onomatopoeia
%0& Hyperbole
%3& Alliteration
TST *$-% K'$.L/01 'he ri"er falls under us like
a trap door.
'S' OU) 56O4*781 29m so hungry 2 could eat a
horse1
7usk demands daylight.$
(+aul Mc 3ann
'S' OU) 56O4*781 29"e heard that :oke a billion
times, but it still cracks me up1
%A& Simile
%0& Metaphor
%3& Hyperbole
'S' OU) 56O4*781 'he glass "ase is as fragile
as a child9s sandcastle.
me1
'S' OU) 56O4*781 She looked at him with /re
in her eyes.
4rite a story about an e!perience
in your life in <-= paragraphs. Use each of the /gures of
speech we learned today1