FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Anna Pasciuta and Dylan Payne9/19/11

Simile

Definition:using like or as to

compare two things

Example:He is as dumb as a

post.

Metaphor

Definition:compare two things without using like

or as; something is something else Example:My hair is softer than my fuzzy blanket.

Onomatopoeia

Definition:sound word

Example:The chickens were clucking when I

went in the barn to feed them.

Alliteration

Definition:repetition of beginning sound

Example:The dog did a dance on the desk!

Personification

Definition:giving human qualities to something

not human

Example:The trees did a dance in the wind as

people jogged by them.

Idiom

Definition:a well known

expression that does not mean what is says

Example:I was so thirsty I

could have drunk an entire river.

Practice Questions

1. Your as funny as a clown.2. The chair fell, and made a big bang!3. You walk slower than my grandma.4. The clouds cried because she had a

thorn in her foot.5. Silly Sally sells salad by the seashore.6. My bookbag weighs more than I do.7. My pillow is a fluffy cloud when I go to

sleep at night.