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¶ Figures of Speech, like Figures of Speech, like adjectives, add meaning and adjectives, add meaning and description to writing.description to writing.¶AdjectivesAdjectives¶His His icyicy glance made her glance made her shiver.shiver.¶The The silentsilent burglars hauled burglars hauled off the safe. off the safe.

Figures of speechFigures of speech

Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech¶ HyperboleHyperbole¶Using exaggeration to make a Using exaggeration to make a

pointpoint¶She ran so fast that it took She ran so fast that it took her shadow the rest of the her shadow the rest of the day to catch up to her.day to catch up to her.

¶He was tall enough to touch He was tall enough to touch the top of a skyscraper.the top of a skyscraper.

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Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech

¶ IdiomsIdioms

¶ Expressions with words that Expressions with words that don’t use their ordinary don’t use their ordinary meanings.meanings.

¶The thief The thief hit the roadhit the road before before the detective arrived on the the detective arrived on the scene.scene.

¶ JJumumping the gunping the gun, the nervous , the nervous getaway driver sped off before getaway driver sped off before his partners exited the bank.his partners exited the bank.Copyright (c) 2010 by Gamehinge

Figures of SpeechFigures of Speech¶ MetaphorsMetaphors¶Making Making

comparisonscomparisons¶The robber was The robber was a shadow in the a shadow in the night.night.

¶The detective The detective was a magnet was a magnet picking up picking up clues.clues. Copyright (c) 2010 by Gamehinge

SimilesSimiles¶ Using LIKE or AS to compare Using LIKE or AS to compare

two different thingstwo different things

¶The students were as quiet The students were as quiet as mannequins in the as mannequins in the classroom.classroom.

¶The teacher’s voice was as The teacher’s voice was as soothing as a hammer soothing as a hammer pulling a rusty nail from an pulling a rusty nail from an old board. (Irony)old board. (Irony)

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Complete the Similes

¶ Using LIKE or AS to make Using LIKE or AS to make comparisonscomparisons

¶ The cautious burglar’s The cautious burglar’s footsteps sounded like . . .footsteps sounded like . . .

¶ fingers sliding into a glove.fingers sliding into a glove.

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Similes

¶With his purple shirt and With his purple shirt and red shoes, he was as red shoes, he was as inconspicuous as . . .inconspicuous as . . .

¶a bolt of lightning.a bolt of lightning.¶(Irony)(Irony)

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¶The boy suddenly leaped The boy suddenly leaped to his feet and began to to his feet and began to dance like . . .dance like . . .

¶popcorn popping.popcorn popping.

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¶The unhappy girl was as The unhappy girl was as pleasant as . . .pleasant as . . .

¶a rotten pumpkin.a rotten pumpkin.¶ (Irony)(Irony)

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¶When he got back his When he got back his spelling test, the surprised spelling test, the surprised boy looked like . . .boy looked like . . .

¶ he just ate a red-hot chili pepper.he just ate a red-hot chili pepper.

¶OROR¶ he just won the lottery.he just won the lottery.

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¶The excited girl began to The excited girl began to run around like . . .run around like . . .

¶ she was surrounded by a she was surrounded by a swarm of buzzing bumble swarm of buzzing bumble bees.bees.

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¶ The clouds were as still The clouds were as still as . . .as . . .

¶ a painting of the sky.a painting of the sky.

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¶Sneaking into the empty Sneaking into the empty house, the clumsy burglars house, the clumsy burglars were as silent as . . .were as silent as . . .

¶ rush-hour traffic in rush-hour traffic in Atlanta.Atlanta.¶ (Irony)(Irony)

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¶Her irony was as rusty Her irony was as rusty as . . .as . . .

¶a junkyard car.a junkyard car.

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