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What is Figurative Language?

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Simile Onomatopoeia   Hyperbole
Metaphor Idioms Clichés  

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What is Figurative Language?

Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,
you are using figurative language.

Free Figurative Language PowerPoints

Figurative Language (10 days of lessons)

What is Figurative Language?

Poetry and Figurative Language lesson

Figurative Language (MrsD)

Welcome to Poetry As We See It (using figurative language, Thinkquest)

Mrs Dowlings Literature Terms

Imaginative Language in Reading




Simile

A simile uses the words “like” or “as”
to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
Example: busy as a bee

Snow Similes (a great winter activity)

Similes from 5th grade (Kathy Mitchell)

Similes & Metaphors Lesson Plan

Free Powerpoints for Similes




Metaphor

The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.
Example: You are what you eat.

Metaphor

Review of the Metaphor lesson

Writing about writing, a metaphor lesson

Free Powerpoints for Metaphors




Personification  

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given
to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.

Personification lesson

Worksheet (abc teach)

Free Powerpoints for Personification 




Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.
Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters (written by students)

Alliteration or Simile?

I'm going on a trip game (fun drill)

Free Powerpoints for Alliteration




Onomatopoeia

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound
made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop

onomatopoeia lesson plan

Onomatopoeia lesson

Words that make sounds (online game)




Hyperbole

An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.

Hyperbole lesson




Idioms

According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself
either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning
that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements
(as Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday")

Fun Brain Idioms (Paint by Idioms)

Idiom Lesson

Free Powerpoints for Idioms




Clichés 

A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite
and sometimes boring. Example: Many hands make light work.

Cliché Finder (fun! and useful)









 
Be a detective! See what you can find!

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