Figurative Language

Adding excitement to your writing!

Simile

• Comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS• He is like a super hero on the football

field.• Her hair is like golden wheat swinging

in the breeze.• Her attitude is as rotten as 10 day old

sour milk!

Metaphor

• Making a comparison of 2 unlike things WITHOUT using Like or As!• The math test was a beast!• The neighbor is a dragon.• My girlfriend is a princess.

Alliteration

• Repetition of BEGINNING consonant sounds.• The slithering snake slid sideways.• Rachel ran to her room for rest.

Hyperbole

• An exaggeration so extreme that it’s hard to believe• He weighs as much as an elephant!• I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!• He watched so much TV his eyes

popped out!

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.• Splash• Gush• Kerplunk• Boom

Personification

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.• The garbage disposal burped when I

turned it on.• My dog told me he was hungry.

Idiom

• An expression that means something other than the literal meaning.• He’s driving me up a wall.• She has ants in her pants.

Identify the following types of figurative language.1. I had so much homework, I

needed a tow truck to carry my back pack!

2. The tires squealed in the parking lot.

3. Her eyes are like stars on a dark, gloomy night!

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4. Tommy took a tool from Mr. Tidbit.5.He got up on the wrong side of the

bed.6.The cabin held on to the cliff for

dear life!7.While he’s running a race, I swear

he’s a cheetah!

Identify the following types of figurative language.

1. I had so much homework, I needed a tow truck to carry my back pack!

HYPERBOLE2. The tires squealed in the parking lot. ONOMATOPOEIA3. Her eyes are like stars on a dark,

gloomy night! SIMILE

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4. Tommy took a tool from Mr. Tidbit. ALLITERATION

5.He got up on the wrong side of the bed. IDIOM

6. The cabin held on to the cliff for dear life! PERSONIFICATION

7. While he’s running a race, I swear he’s a cheetah! METHAPHOR