Figurative Descriptive Language Alliteration A simile uses like
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Figurative & Descriptive Language Alliteration
A simile uses “like” or “as” to compare two things. Examples: The pavement is as hot as a stove. He is as nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs The lake is like a mirror. The old car is like a smoke machine.
A metaphor compare two things without using like or as. Examples: Television is a window to the world. The pavement is a frying pan. His closet is a garbage dump. The big city is a concrete jungle.
Hyperbole is figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point. Examples: I rode my bike faster than a rocket ship. My history book weighs more than my dad. The movie was so sad, I cried for days. The car cost an arm and a leg.
Personification is when something non-human, takes on the quality of a person. Examples: The heavy rain smacked me in the face. The road pointed the way to the future. My new jacket hugged me tight. The moon swept the day away.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words for effect. Examples: Peter, Pumpkin eater. . . The birds dove and danced in the dark, dark night. Terrified and trembling, he toiled and toiled. Wishing and waiting, we wallowed along.
I was hungry as a wolf. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The flowers fluttered in a field, fanciful and free. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
Meg was so thirsty she could drink an ocean. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The heart is a lonely hunter. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The D on his science test was a wake up call. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The empty rowboat sad and lonely in the quiet lake. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The moon was like a beacon in the sky. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
Keith is so tall he needs binoculars to see the ground. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The baby dreamily dozed about his delightful day. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The fireflies danced around the streetlight. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
My little cousin Amelia is an angel. • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile
The show was boring. Simile: That new cartoon was as interesting as a chunk of dirt. Metaphor: The news was a snooze fest. Hyperbole: That talk show was so boring the whole audience went to sleep. Personification: The dull show sang me a lullaby.
The test was hard. Simile: That test was tough as nails. Metaphor: That math test was a bear. Hyperbole: That test was the hardest test in the history of the world. Personification: The test really smacked me in the face.
It smelled bad. Simile: Metaphor: Hyperbole: Personification:
It was heavy. Simile: Metaphor: Hyperbole: Personification:
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- Is repetition a figurative language
- Figure of speech consonance
- Internal rhyme
- Figurative language
- Difference between allusion and simile
- Assonance examples
- Figurative language oxymoron
- Answer
- Poems with sound devices
- Figurative language examples for happy
- Similes examples
- Figurative language in stereo hearts
- Poems with sound devices and figurative language
- His wrath towards you burns like fire figurative language
- His wrath towards you burns like fire figurative language
- Moon personification poem
- Alliteration metaphor simile
- Onomatopoeia metaphor simile
- Literal language vs figurative language
- What does figurative language mean
- Phones blowing up figurative language