Figurative Language
Published on Dec 12, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Simile
Using the words like or as to compare two nouns that are not alike.
Example
I am as quick as a cheetah.
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I am as slow as a turtle.
Metaphor
Comparing two nouns that are not alike.
Example
It's raining cats and dogs.
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I'm a couch potato.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously.
EXAMPLE
*Dead tired
*Hey pipe down
*i could sleep forever
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My example:
Not a peep
Onomatopoeia
words that sounds like the word they are describing.
My example
Stomp
ACHOO
Grrrr
Burrrr
Roar
Flush
Idioms
Idioms different with meanings which are different from the literal ones. A phrase that says one thing but actually means something quite different.
EXAMPLE
Raining cats and dogs.
Put a sock in it.
Green thumb.
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Saved by the bell.
On cloud nine.
Need to sleep on it.
Chicken out.
Hit the hammer on the nail.
In hot water.
Alliteration
An alliteration is a set of words all beginning with the same sounds.
EXAMPLE
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper
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My example
Aagna ate Aliyah's apples in the afternoon.
Personification
Giving objects ideas places or animals human qualities.
Example
The clothes on the line danced in the wind.
The flames ate hungrily at the wood.
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My example
The sun played a game of hide - seek and used clouds as a cover.
Oxymoron
Two words that contradict each other.
Example
Small crowd
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