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Figurative LanguageLanguage using figures of speech cannot be taken literally.
A way of saying something other than in an ordinary way
Saying one thing meaning another!
Simile Hyperbole
Metaphor Personification
Poetic Devices Quiz
Reference Page
Simile• A simile is a comparison between two
unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.
Examples:
like two peas in a pod
my love is like a red, red rose
deer ran like the wind
Metaphor
• A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as.
Examples:
Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.
During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield
Hyperbole• Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which
exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. It may be confused with a simile because it often compares two items. The difference is that with a hyperbole the comparison is an exaggeration.
Examples:
I could sleep for a year.
This box weighs a ton.
His eyes were as round as saucers.
Personification
• Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person.
Examples:
a smiling moon
CD player sang a tune
car ran
Onomatopoeia
• Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described.
Examples:
buzz,
hiss,
Roar
bang
Alliteration• Alliteration is the repetition of
usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. When writers want to emphasize certain words, they may use alliteration
Examples:
down in the dumps
do or die
right as rain
Coca - Cola
Select a Simile
She was as sly as a fox.
My grandmother was as blind as a bat.
As she watched the movie she was
a blankpage.
Her brother was as meek as a lamb.
She is a turtle.
My brother is a clown.
Mean Metaphors
She ran like the wind.
The traffic is murder.
You are as beautiful as a rose.
His feet are as black as coal.
Her hair is silk.
Neil is a snake
Hyper Hyperboles
My mom hummed.
I will die if he ask me to dance.
I cried like a baby.
Move than one can of soup.
My grandfather is older than the hills.
I am so tired I could sleep for a
year.
Perfect Personification
My computer hates me.
The sun shined.
Opportunity was knocking at my door.
She walked like a goddess.
The sun was playing hide and seek, amidst the clouds.
My arm hurt.
Nice Try
This is a metaphor. It compares the brother to a clown, but doesn’t use like
or as.
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Almost
Way to go
This is a simile. It compares my grandmother to a bat by using
the word as.
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This is a simile. It compares she to a fox by using the word
as.
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Nice Try
This is a metaphor. It compares she to a
turtle, but doesn’t use like or as.
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Almost
Nice Try
This is a metaphor. It compares she to a blank page, but doesn’t use like or as.
As is in the sentence but not used to compare.
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This is a simile. It compares her brother to a lamb by using the word
as.
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This is a metaphor. It compares Neil to a snake and does not use like or as.
Way to go
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This is a metaphor. It compares traffic and murder and does not
use like or as.
Nice Try
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This is a simile. It compares she to
the wind and uses like.
Almost
Nice Try
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This is a simile. It compares his feet to coal and uses as.
Almost
Way to go
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This is a metaphor. It compares her hair to silk and does not use
like or as.
Nice Try
This is a simile. It compares you to a rose and uses as.
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Almost
Nice Try
AlmostThis sentence does not use poetic devices.
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Nice Try
AlmostThis simile. It compares I to a
baby and uses like.
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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how old my grandmother really is.
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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how much I want him to ask me to dance.
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This is a hyperbole. It is exaggerating how tired I am.
Nice Try
Almost
This sentence does not use poetic devices.
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This sentence does not use poetic devices.
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Almost
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This sentence does not use poetic devices.
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Way to go
This sentence uses personification. It personifies
opportunity.
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Way to go
This sentence uses personification. It personifies a
a computer.
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Nice Try
This is a simile. It compares she to a goddess and uses like.
Try once more
Almost
Way to go
This sentence uses personification. It personifies
the sun.
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Poetic Devices Quiz
Click on the image below to take a quiz.
After you have complete the quiz please print it and place in the reading box.
References:
• Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources. (April 1,2009). Metaphors. Retrieved from http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/language-arts/7/metaphors/#
• Ms. Peters’ Class,(4-06).Personification Practice. Retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html
• Said What? (2007). Similes Retrieved from http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/spoon/similes.php
• Mrs. Sundas’s Gifted Resource Class,(11-98).Glossary of Poetic Devices. Retrieved from http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poetry2.htm
