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.

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.

His temper was as explosive as a volcano.

Explanation: He had a short, but very hot temper.

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.

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.

The train was an angry animal roaring down the tracks.

Explanation: The train moved very LOUD and FAST.

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.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Explanation: SEE!! ALL THE WORDS SOUND ALIKE!!

P.S. say that as fast as you can without screwing it up.

Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout would not take the garbage out.

Well… same explanation as slide 9 right?

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.

The bomb exploded with a BANG!

Explanation: The bomb was very loud.

Conscience: “Should I move out of the way?”

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

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.

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.

The forest was calling my name.

Explanation: The forest can’t really call your name.

“HELLO! Nice to see you again!”

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.”

“SQUIDWARD! SQUIDWARD! WERE OUT OF NAPKINS!”

Explanation: A low amount of napkins is not that big a deal.

There’s a monster in my closet.

Explanation: The boy is exaggerating from that scary movie he saw the other night.