Figurative Language Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration Hyperbole A figure

Figurative Language Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration

Hyperbole �A figure of speech that is entirely exaggerated in order to make a point. �Examples �A million bees had stung him. � George ate so many doughnuts, we had to widen the front doorway to roll him out of it. � I could eat a horse! � My � It backpack weighs a ton. took forever to get to the beach.

Appetite In a house the size of a postage stamp lived a man as big as a barge. His mouth could drink the entire river You could say it was rather large For dinner he would eat a trillion beans And a silo full of grain, Washed it down with a tanker of milk As if he were a drain.

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Onomatopoeia �The use of words that imitate sounds. �Examples � Crash � Splash � Boom � Bing � Clang � Cling

Onomatopoeia by Eve Merriam The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash splatters scatters spurts finally stops sputtering and splash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes.

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Alliteration �The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. It is also a repetition of consonant sounds, such as “fish” and “physics”. It can also be used on the strongest, stressed syllable of a word, such as “above” and “belt. ” �Examples � lovely lonely lights � Peter Pipper picked a peck � Kandy cooked quickly before karate class � mixed biscuits � Barbara bought banana bread instead of baking

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