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K.W. Reed September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice
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K.W. Reed. September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice. Simile. A simile compares two things using like or as. Example: She is as skinny as a rail. Metaphor. A metaphor compares two things without using like or as. Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest! Example: She is a pig. Hyperbole. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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K.W. Reed
September,19,2011Figurative Language Practice
A simile compares two things using like or as.
Example: She is as skinny as a rail.
Simile
A metaphor compares two things without using like or as.
Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest!
Example: She is a pig.
Metaphor
A hyperbole uses exaggeration to make a point.
Example: He’s got a gazillion dollars!
Hyperbole
An onomatopoeia is a sound word.
Example: When I shot a gun it said bang!
Example: When the banana hit the ground it said splat!
Onomatopoeia
A alliteration is a repetition of being
sound. Example: A
donkey drowned down the road.
Example: A monkey made a moose cry.
Alliteration
A personification gives nonhuman things human qualities.
Example: The flowers were dancing in the wind when I walked by.
Personification
Idiom is a well known expression that does not mean what it says.
Example: The early bird gets the worm.
Idiom
1.You are a wreck!2.I am so hungry I could eat a horse!3.You are old as dirt.4.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.5.The tree danced in the wind with me.6.When I popped the balloon it went bang!7.She is as fat as a pig.
Practice Problems
