Simile, Metaphor, Personificat ion, Oxymoron, Al l i terat ion, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Idioms

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

(FIGURES OF SPEECH)

Comparing seemingly unlike things using the words l ike or as

• “Life is l ike a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”

SIMILE

Write a simile that describes this dog

SIMILE

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--

And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

“A DREAM DEFERRED” BY LANGSTON HUGHES

What did we say to each other that now we are as the deer

who walk in single file with heads high

with ears forward with eyes watchful

with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight

“SIMILE” BY SCOTT MOMADAY

Comparing two things without the use of the words l ike or as

He had the heart of a lion

METAPHOR

Write a metaphor that describes this cat.

METAPHO

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Find the subjectWhat is the subject being compared to

METAPHOR POETRY

Time slidesa gentle ocean

waves upon waves,washing the shore,loving the shore.

TRANQUILITY BY STARFIELDS

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

SHAKESPEARE: “SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY?” (SONNET)

The wind is nowa roaring, smashing

monster of destruction,raking all man’s work

from the valleys,from the vales,

and sends them spinning,broken flying-

But all of that isnot its core,

its center is in trutheternal stillnessbright blue skiesand all you hear

are gentle whispersfar away

and unimportant.

PEACE BY STARFIELDS

Write a Simile and Metaphor Poem

COLOR POEMS & EMOTION POEMS

Color looks like…Color sounds like…Color smells like…Color tastes like…Color feels like…

COLOR POEM: EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT A SINGLE COLOR

WITH IMAGERY SIMILES

All Similes: Scarlet looks like a

mink coat.Scarlet sounds like a

cello.Scarlet smells like red

wine.Scarlet tastes like rosemary roasted

potatoes.Scarlet feels like soft

velvet.

Change some of the similes to metaphors:

Scarlet is a mink coat.

It’s the sound of a cello.

Scarlet is red wine.It’s the taste of

roasted potatoes.Scarlet feels like soft

velvet.

FINISHED PRODUCT OPTIONS:

Personification is a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.

Tears began to fall from the dark clouds.

PERSONIFICATION

The sun peeked happily from

behind a cloud.

The trees danced back and forth in the wind.

It was time to go home, but the bell refused to ring.

The car happily squealed down the highway.

The warm fireplace seemed to be calling my name.

PERSONIFICATION

The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.

That chocolate ice cream cone is really tempting me.

The angry sky roared and threw lightning around.

The gentle wind softly kissed my cheeks as I walked.

I can see that news travels quickly.

PERSONIFICATION

Excitement wears orange socks. He understands the language of flames and loves to build fires. He first taught me how to build a fire when I was seventeen. I was young and scared of being burned. Now I am preparing for another visit. This time I am going to open my heart and let the fire inside.

Excitement is a visionary. He is skilled in the art of friendship. He has worked at many jobs…electrician, juggler, sign painter, singer, inventor, poet. Excitement has always moved around. As a teenager, he took a room in Anxiety’s house, and last winter Patience sheltered him. The Wind taught Excitement how to be two places at once, and they are still very good friends, though they do not spend much time with each other these days. Sometimes when Excitement dances with the Wind, there is lightning in the sky. J. Ruth Gendler (The Book of Qualities)

EXCITEMENT

Doubt camped out in the living room last week. I told him that we had had too many house guests. Doubt doesn’t listen. He keeps saying the same thing again and again until I completely forget what I am trying to tell him. Doubt is demanding and not very generous, but I appreciate his honesty.

(The Book of Qualities)

DOUBT

1. Choose an emotion2. Compare it through

either similes or metaphors to all 5 senses

Emotion is colorIt tastes like _________

It smells like __________And reminds me of ________

It sounds like _________Emotion makes me feel like

________

Experience an emotion with al l five senses

EMOTION POEMS

Joy is bright green.It tastes like orange juice.

It smells like sunshine.And reminds me of

fireworks.It sounds like a crackling

fire.Joy makes me feel like

giggling.

PERSONIFICATIO

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Choose one of the objects and write a sentence ful l of personification.

#1ALASKAN BROWN BEAR

#2COMMON TERN CHICK

#3DUST TORNADO, AFRICA

#4JAPANESE MACAQUAS, NAGANO

#5EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL VOLCANO, ICELAND

#6RED SQUIRREL, POLAND

#7STORM CLOUDS, UTAH

#8SILVERBACK GORILLA, AFRICA

An Oxymoron is a combination of seemingly contradictory words. Same differencePretty uglyRoaring silence

OXYMORON

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Alliteration gives emphasis to words.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

ALLITERATION

ALLITERATION

She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

In Poetry

ALLITERATION

The use of words that mimic sounds. The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

ONOMATOPOEIA

IN POETRY

Write down al l the onomatopoeia words you hear

THE WEARY BLUES

ONOMATOPOEIA

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

HYPERBOLE

HYPERBOLE

HYPERBOLE

HYPERBOLE

I cannot go to school today, ’

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.'I have the measles and the

mumps, A gash, a rash and purple

bumps.My mouth is wet, my throat

is dry, I 'm going blind in my right

eye.My tonsils are as big as

rocks, I 've counted sixteen

chicken poxAnd there's one more-that's

seventeen, And don't you think my face

looks green? My leg is cut-my eyes are

blue-It might be instamatic flu.I cough and sneeze and

gasp and choke, I 'm sure that my left leg is

broke-My hip hurts when I move

my chin, My belly button's caving in,

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,

My 'pendix pains each time it rains.

My nose is cold, my toes are numb.

I have a sliver in my thumb.My neck is stiff, my voice is

weak, I hardly whisper when I

speak.My tongue is filling up my

mouth, I think my hair is fall ing

out.My elbow's bent, my spine

ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-

eight.My brain is shrunk, I cannot

hear, There is a hole inside my

ear.I have a hangnail, and my

heart is-what? What's that? What's that

you say? You say today is...Saturday? G'bye, I 'm going out to

play! '

Shel Silverstein

SICK

I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hil ls,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending l ineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkl ing waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay.In such a jocund company:I gazed---and gazed---but l itt le thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I l ie In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD

--WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

• Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet,"

• meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.

IDIOMS

ANIMAL IDIOMS

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