Kinds of Figurative Language By Ms Luke Similies

Kinds of Figurative Language By Ms. Luke

Similies • Definition – a stated comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. • Examples • Hannah has a mind like a steel trap • The child was as light as a feather. • Her evening gown sparkled like a diamond. • The girls hair was as soft as silk

Metaphors • Definition- is a figure of speech that compares two different things without using the words like or as. • Examples • Alma is a wizard in math. • Monifah was a perfect angel at the party • Chauncey’s desk is a junkyard • Jenny is a walking dictionary.

Hyperbole • • Definition- an exaggeration used for effect Examples I am so hungry, I could eat a horse. I think I just gained fifty pounds after eating this huge dinner. • I must have a million mosquito bites. • It will take a year to clean your desk!

Alliteration • Definition- The repetition of initial sounds in two or more consecutive or neighboring words. • Example • Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers • Sally sold seashells by the sea shore. • The mouse made millions of muffins.

Imagery • Definition- The use of language that appeals to the senses and produces mental images. • Examples • Grandma's hugs burn my skin. sight: the rose is bright red hearing: it sounds like the chirping of several birds, with their high voices. smell: the air smells like going to the countryside. fresh and green. no smell of smoke but the fresh waters and the leaves. touch: it feels bumpy yet gives off a welcoming warmth taste: it tastes sweet yet spicy at once, with a tinge of orange taste.

Idiom • Definition- An expression whose meaning cannot be determined by its literal meaning. • Examples • To keep an eye on someone • Raining cats and dogs • To have cold feet • Smell a rat • At the end of one’s rope • Hold your horses • • To bury the hatchet To be tongue tied Icing on the cake Hold your horses All ears Spill the beans Under the weather Eyes bigger than your stomach • In one ear and out the other

Pun • Definition – is a humorous play on words that are similar in sound but different in meaning. • Examples • In a butcher shop window: "Never a bum steer. " On a diaper service truck: "Rock a dry baby. " At a lumberyard: "Come see, come saw. " On a plumber's truck: "A flush beats a full house. " At the tire store: "We skid you not!" • My computer is so slow it hertz. Mac. Gyver • Joe refused to eat sushi because it looks fishy. • Trust your calculator. It's something to count on. • When baking dog biscuits, be sure to use collie flour.

Riddle • Definition-A riddle is a • statement or question having a double or veiled • meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved • • Examples • What does a lazy dog to • for fun? Chase parked cars • What kind of cheese is • made backward? edam What month has 28 days? All of them What is in the middle of Paris? The letter R What goes up but does not go down? Your age Why do chickens lay eggs? If they drop them they break Why do lions eat red meat ? Because they never learned to cook

Joke • Definition-a funny, made- • from Meghan, age 11, up story with a punch line USA told by one person. • Q: What's a math teacher's favorite kind of • Examples- tree? • from Akira, age 8, A: A geome-TREE! England • Q: What room do ghosts Q: What do you get when not go in. A: The living room. you cross a snowman with a vampire? A: Frostbite.

Palindrome • Definition – a word or word phrase which reads the same in both directions. • Examples- RACECAR • ROTOR • EYE • DEED • CIVIC • • • MOM DAD ANNA AVIVA BOB NEVER ODD OR EVEN STEP ON NO PETS. MA HANDED EDNA HAM NUN

Personification • Definiton- giving human qualities on inanimate objects, ideas, or animals • Examples • “My computer hates me. ” • “The camera loves me. ” • “The sun kissed the flowers. “ • The sun woke up and greeted me this morning. • Example • "Wind yells while blowing" is an example of personification because wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell. • Necklace is a friend • "Necklace is a friend" is an example of personification because Necklace is a thing, and necklaces cannot be friends. Only living things can have friends.

Onomatopoeia • Definition-the use of words that mimic the sounds they represent. • Examples • Bang, boom, buzz, clatter, crunch, ding dong, hiss, plop, squish, whack, jingle, moan, • quack, meow, roar, quack and moan

Rhythm • Definition-the pattern of beats in speech or a line of verse. "flow" of the words in a poem or story. • Example • A Clumsy Young Fellow Named Tim There once was a fellow named Tim (A) whose dad never taught him to swim. (A) He fell off a dock (B) and sunk like a rock. (B) And that was the end of him. (A)

Quiz • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What type of figurative language? That girl is as thin as a rail Please Pack my pink pants. You are my sunshine RACECAR The sunshine kissed my face What is black and white and read all over? A news paper Buzz 8. Q: What room do ghosts not go in. A: The living room. 9. It’s raining cats and dogs 10. Trust your calculator. It's something to count on. 11. I am so hungry I could eat a horse

Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Simile Alliteration Metaphor Palindrome Personification Riddle Onomatopoeia Joke Idiom Pun Hyperbole