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Figurative Language

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SIMILE

A COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS. HE IS AS SMART AS A ALBERT EINSTEIN
Photo by ThomasThomas

METAPHOR

COMPARISON NOT USING LIKE OR AS. THE SNOW IS A WHITE BLANKET
Photo by jenny downing

PERSONIFICATION

GIVING SOMETHING HUMAN QUALITIES. THE PENCIL TOLD ME TO START WRITING
Photo by { pranav }

ALLITERATION

REPEATED SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING. SARA'S SEVEN SISTERS SLEPT SOUNDLY IN THE SAND
Photo by Seryo

IMAGERY

  • LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO SENSES.
  • ON A COLD NIGHT IN PORTUGAL. WHERE THE OCEAN KISSED THE SOUTHER SHORE. A DREAM I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD COME TO PASS. CAME AND WENT LIKE TIME IN AN HOURGLASS
Photo by c@rljones

ALLUSION

  • REFERENCE TO A WELL-KNOWN PERSON,PLACE,FIGURE OR EVENT.
  • "I WAS SURPRISED HIS NOSE WAS NOT GROWING LIKE PINOCCHIO'S"
Photo by frankieleon

ONOMATOPOEIA

  • A WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUND IT NAME.
  • ONE GUY SLAPS ANOTHER GUY BAM!!!

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION. SHE IS AS THIN AS A TOOTHPICK.
Photo by Phil Roeder