Figurative Language Hyperbole An exaggeration I told you

Figurative Language

Hyperbole • An exaggeration • “I told you a million times not to exaggerate!

Hyperbole • • • Give me a thousand kisses. He's got tons of money. I will die if he asks me to dance. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Simile • Comparing two objects using the words like or as • Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

Simile • He was as fast as a speeding bullet. • Her smile was as bright as the sun. • Her hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall. • He laughs like a hyena. • He is as blind as a bat. • They had courage like lions.

Metaphor • Comparing two objects by saying one is the other • Your eyes are diamonds!

Metaphor • • • He’s a lonely polar bear You are the sun and the moon My love is a life taker She is a mystery Yesterday is promise that you’ve broken

Personification • Gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas • The darkness breathed fear into his heart.

Personification • • Lightning danced across the sky. The wind howled in the night. The car complained as the key was turned. Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name

idiom • A common expression without literal meaning. • If you are not careful you will down load a bug into your computer.

Idiom • It's raining cats and dogs. (hard rain) • This is a piece of cake. (very easy) • Break a leg when you go on stage. (do a good job in the performance • You just hit the nail on the head. (said something accurate) • Don't let the cat out of the bag. (tell a secret)

Pun DEFINITION: A word or phrase that has a usually comical second meaning … you might even roll your eyes at it • EXAMPLE: – I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

Pun • The high cost of living has beaten many centsless • When you buy at the second hand store you've reached the point of no returns. • You were right, so I left. • Geometry is so pointless. • It's hard to beat scrambled eggs for breakfast!

Onomatopoeia • a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. • Ding Dong • Pow • Zip

Allusion • is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. – If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit’s nose with a touch of such weather as that…. . – There were Cains and Ablels, Pharaoh's daughters

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What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r Home work is a toothache that comes back every night. e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion

What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r In the spring the earth is like a newborn baby. e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion

What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r The stack of papers suddenly decided to jump out of my hands. e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion

What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion

What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r The bride began to wonder if the groom had gotten cold feet. . e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion

What is it? tap Me ho e l i Sim r Rio searched the bully’s granite face for a sign of mercy. e p y H e l o rb Per son ifica tion