Figurative Language Simile compares two things using like

Figurative Language • Simile- compares two things using like or as. • Example: Today, the rain was like a raging waterfall!

Figurative Language • Metaphor-compares two things directly. It doesn’t use like or as. • Example: He is a monster today!

Figurative Language • Personification-Making an object have human qualities. • Example: The tree whistled in the wind.

Figurative Language • Onomatopoeia- Making a word have a sound. • Example: Pow! Boom! • Meow, moo, etc.

Figurative Language • Alliteration-Using the same consonant at the beginning of some words in a sentence. • Example: The snake slithered softly through the grass.

Hyperbole • Exaggeration • Example: We have tons of homework tonight.

Idiom • Any expression peculiar to a language whose meaning cannot be understood simply from the meanings of the words composing it. • Example: She was just pulling your leg when she said there would be no test today.

Academic Vocabulary 1. COMPLETE ACADEMIC VOCABULARY HANDOUT: – FRONT: • #1 -8 – CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER IN THE THIRD COLUMN • #9 – ANSWER ON THE PAPER • #10 – EXTRA CREDIT – BACK: • #1 -9 – WRITE DEFINITIONS IN THIRD COLUMN – #1 -5 – PAGE 26 – #6 – R 109 – #7 -8 – PAGE R 110 – #9 – PAGE 252 • #10 – 11 – EXTRA CREDIT