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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

POETRY

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7 Types of Figurative Language Simile Hyperbole Alliteration Metaphor Personification Oxymoron Onomatopoeia

Simile Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as. ” Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze Ms. B e could nson thing n’t see a. She was a blind s as a b at!

Hyperbole! A HUGE exaggeration! I y r g n u h o s “I’m eat a d l u o c ” ! e s hor O N O O !

ALLITERATION the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds…. including tongue twisters ter t u b he t l i o B nk a b e by th it g n i r and b Sally sells seashells by the seashore. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Metaphor Comparing two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as” Middle school is a zoo! The clouds are soft cotton balls.

Personification Giving human characteristics to non-human things. My food loves to prance, to jump, to dance; I wait for the time, I wait for the chance! As mommy goes in and out of the room; tables and chairs become their ballroom! I flick my fingers; swing my wrist. Beans and turkey are doing the twist! Peas, plumbs, apples or mangos; on to the walls, they're doing the tango!

Oxymoron Words or phrases that are opposite and used together. p m i r h s O B M U J Climb down

ONOMATOPOEIA Words that sound like what they mean.

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes

The west wind dances down the road.

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

1. The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

Her blonde hair shined like the sun

1. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice. 2. The snow on the hill was powdered sugar. 3. The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game. 4. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws. 5. The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow. 6. The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish line. 7. “Bang!” went the gun as the race started. 8. Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division. 9. Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant for TV. 10. After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink the ocean. 11. The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole. 12. The team members remained as cool as cucumbers after the game.