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Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words used to create mood or emphasize certain words.
Alliteration
What is alliteration?
Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Alliteration is used to create mood or emphasize certain words
"Fifty years ago I learned to read at a round table in the center of a large, Sweet-Smelling, Steam-Softened kitchen."
Alliteration
"His Super-Slow dip- Stride Slump Shuffle"
Alliteration
What is hyperbole?
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect. such statements are not literally true, but people make them sound impressive or to emphasize something."
Hyperbole
"His smile was so wide he'd have to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway."
Hyperbole
"It was cold and hard, but I was so tired I could have slept in a wind tunnel."
Hyperbole
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Idiom
What is an idiom?
An expression that, taken literally, means something other than it does figuratively.
Break a leg
idiom
It's been a long day, I am going to hit the sack.
idiom
Susan went on a wild goose chase.
idiom
good things come to those who wait
idiom
money matters
alliteration
picture perfect
alliteration
quick question
alliteration
rocky road
alliteration
I died of embarrassment.
hyperbole
My feet are killing me.
hyperbole
I slept like a rock last night.
hyperbole
I walked a million miles to get here.
hyperbole
Figurative language that is a comparison between two things by stating that one thing is another thing.
metaphor
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a comparison between two things. A metaphor implies the comparison by stating that one thing is the other.
He was a fish out of water at his new school.
metaphor
Her eyes were diamonds.
metaphor
Time is money.
metaphor
I'm pleased to meet your better half.
metaphor
What is onomatopoeia?
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound they refer to.
onomatopoeia
"Ahem," said the principal as he began his speech.
onomatopoeia
After swallowing the soda, my father let out a loud belch.
onomatopoeia
During the math lesson the teacher heard a giggle.
onomatopoeia
Flags flutter and flap in the wind.
onomatopoeia/ alliteration
Outside I heard frogs croaks and birds whistle.
onomatopoeia
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
personification
What is personification?
figurative language which gives animals and inanimate objects human characteristics and feelings
The furnace purred like a great, sleepy animal.
personification, simile, onomatopoeia
Lightning danced across the sky.
personification
The wind howled in the night.
personification
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification
Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
personification
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
personification
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
simile
What is a simile?
Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.
She had a voice like an unoiled gate, but somehow not unpleaseant.
simile
His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull.
simile
The bus bounced like an empty cracker box on wheels.
simile
She was as sly as a fox.
simile
That knife is as sharp as a razor.
simile
She's as cold as ice.
simile
My dog is fast like a cheetah.
simile
Create a sentence to describe this picture. Use any of the following types of figurative language and identify the type that you used. Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Personification
Answers may vary
The shark had teeth like razors.
simile
The fly buzzed past us.
onomatopoeia
The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.
personification
It really burned me up when you yelled at me.
idiom
He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
onomatopoeia
The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.
simile
The fire broke out in the dead of winter .
idiom
The lightning fast sled shot flames as it slid down the hill!
hyperbole
The town was covered in wonderful, white, wintery snow.
alliteration
My pencil jumped off the desk.
personification
Alicia is an angel.
metaphor
Most cats purr if you pet them behind the ears.
onomatopoeia
The thunder was a mighty lion.
metaphor
If someone is LIKE A STAR, what does that mean?
celebrity status/ admired
Finish the Alliteration: Many Monsters ______________
answers will vary
"The microwave timer told me dinner was ready."
personification
What does "It's raining cats and dogs" really mean?
raining a lot
Michele is under the weather.
idiom
The blanket held me close.
personification
The tears were a river flowing down her face.
metaphor
He was as quiet as a mouse.
simile
That math test was a piece of cake.
idiom or metaphor
My new car cost an arm and a leg.
idiom
I know you are in a hurry to get to lunch but you need to hold your horses.
idiom
I kicked the soccer ball so hard it screamed all the way into the goal.
personification
He is a pig.
metaphor
Rebecca is a walking dictionary.
metaphor


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