FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

By Trevor Seamster and Aaron Scott9-19-11

simile

Simile-Using like or as to compare2 or more things.

Ex.1-as white as a ghostEx. 2-as easy as a. b. c.

Metaphor

Metaphor-Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something else.

Ex.1-They carried out their agenda. An agenda

is a vehicle powered by (their) will.

Ex.2-I’m dying to meet her. Desire equals (slow) death.

Hyperbole

Using exaggeration to make a point.

Ex.1- Her eyes was blue as the sea.

Ex.2- she snores loud as a train.

Onamatopoeia

Onomatopoeia-sound word: bang, tic tock.

Ex.1-I just heard a bow wow.

Ex.2-my phone keeps beeping

Alliteration

Alliteration -repetition of beginning sound:

Ex. 1- bumble bees buzzed by baseball bases.

Ex. 2- train tracks turns the train.

Personification

Personification- giving human qualites to something not human.

Ex. 1- Trees was dancing in the wind.Ex. 2- The car winked at me.

Idioms

Idioms- A well known expression that does not mean what it says :

Ex. 1- A piece of cake. Ex. 2- All in the same boat.

Practice Problems

1. Her room is a junk yard. 2. Her hair Is messy as a birds nest. 3. It was a big bow wow in the yard. 4. I’m so hungry I could eat a rat. 5. The sun smiled at me this

morning. 6. His eye’s is bigger than his

stomach. 7. The black bear ate berries by the

bay.