FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

By: Mrs. McDougald’s class

METAPHORS

Metaphor- is a comparison of two things or ideas

which are normally not related . Do not use like or

as.

Ex: Patricia has a kind heart.

SIMILE

Simile- is a figure of speech using the words like or

as to compare one object or idea with another to

suggest they are alike.

Ex: Her eyes sparkle like diamonds in the sky.

PERSONIFICATION

Personification- is giving human qualities feelings,

action, or charateristics to non- living thing.

EX: The leaves dance in the wind.

HYPERBOLE

Hyperbole- is an exaggeration that is so dramatic

that no one would believe the statement is true.

EX: my stomps are so lound that the ground

shakes.

PUN

Pun- Funny play on words.

EX: I knead my shoe!

ONOMATOPOEIA

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural

sound or the sound made by an object or an action.

EX: One time I ran into the door and it made a

BOM! Sound.

IDIOM

Idiom- are phrase that mean something different

than what the words say.

EX: There is a frog in my throat.

ALLITERATION

Alliteration- is the repetition of the same initial

letter, sound , of group of sounds in a series of

words.

EX: Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers.

PALINDROMES

Palindromes- is a word or phase that can be both

forwards and backwards.

EX: A father is a DAD.