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Anna Pasciuta and Dylan Payne 9/19/11. Figurative Language. S imile. Definition: using like or as to compare two things Example: He is as dumb as a post. Metaphor. Definition: compare two things without using like or as; something is something else - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Anna Pasciuta and Dylan Payne9/19/11
Simile
Definition:using like or as to
compare two things
Example:He is as dumb as a
post.
Metaphor
Definition:compare two things without using like
or as; something is something else Example:My hair is softer than my fuzzy blanket.
Onomatopoeia
Definition:sound word
Example:The chickens were clucking when I
went in the barn to feed them.
Alliteration
Definition:repetition of beginning sound
Example:The dog did a dance on the desk!
Personification
Definition:giving human qualities to something
not human
Example:The trees did a dance in the wind as
people jogged by them.
Idiom
Definition:a well known
expression that does not mean what is says
Example:I was so thirsty I
could have drunk an entire river.
Practice Questions
1. Your as funny as a clown.2. The chair fell, and made a big bang!3. You walk slower than my grandma.4. The clouds cried because she had a
thorn in her foot.5. Silly Sally sells salad by the seashore.6. My bookbag weighs more than I do.7. My pillow is a fluffy cloud when I go to
sleep at night.