Simile, Metaphor, Personificat ion, Oxymoron, Al l i terat ion, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Idioms
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
(FIGURES OF SPEECH)
Comparing seemingly unlike things using the words l ike or as
• “Life is l ike a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.”
SIMILE
Write a simile that describes this dog
SIMILE
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--
And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
“A DREAM DEFERRED” BY LANGSTON HUGHES
What did we say to each other that now we are as the deer
who walk in single file with heads high
with ears forward with eyes watchful
with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight
“SIMILE” BY SCOTT MOMADAY
Comparing two things without the use of the words l ike or as
He had the heart of a lion
METAPHOR
Write a metaphor that describes this cat.
METAPHO
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Find the subjectWhat is the subject being compared to
METAPHOR POETRY
Time slidesa gentle ocean
waves upon waves,washing the shore,loving the shore.
TRANQUILITY BY STARFIELDS
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
SHAKESPEARE: “SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY?” (SONNET)
The wind is nowa roaring, smashing
monster of destruction,raking all man’s work
from the valleys,from the vales,
and sends them spinning,broken flying-
But all of that isnot its core,
its center is in trutheternal stillnessbright blue skiesand all you hear
are gentle whispersfar away
and unimportant.
PEACE BY STARFIELDS
Write a Simile and Metaphor Poem
COLOR POEMS & EMOTION POEMS
Color looks like…Color sounds like…Color smells like…Color tastes like…Color feels like…
COLOR POEM: EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT A SINGLE COLOR
WITH IMAGERY SIMILES
All Similes: Scarlet looks like a
mink coat.Scarlet sounds like a
cello.Scarlet smells like red
wine.Scarlet tastes like rosemary roasted
potatoes.Scarlet feels like soft
velvet.
Change some of the similes to metaphors:
Scarlet is a mink coat.
It’s the sound of a cello.
Scarlet is red wine.It’s the taste of
roasted potatoes.Scarlet feels like soft
velvet.
FINISHED PRODUCT OPTIONS:
Personification is a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
Tears began to fall from the dark clouds.
PERSONIFICATION
The sun peeked happily from
behind a cloud.
The trees danced back and forth in the wind.
It was time to go home, but the bell refused to ring.
The car happily squealed down the highway.
The warm fireplace seemed to be calling my name.
PERSONIFICATION
The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.
That chocolate ice cream cone is really tempting me.
The angry sky roared and threw lightning around.
The gentle wind softly kissed my cheeks as I walked.
I can see that news travels quickly.
PERSONIFICATION
Excitement wears orange socks. He understands the language of flames and loves to build fires. He first taught me how to build a fire when I was seventeen. I was young and scared of being burned. Now I am preparing for another visit. This time I am going to open my heart and let the fire inside.
Excitement is a visionary. He is skilled in the art of friendship. He has worked at many jobs…electrician, juggler, sign painter, singer, inventor, poet. Excitement has always moved around. As a teenager, he took a room in Anxiety’s house, and last winter Patience sheltered him. The Wind taught Excitement how to be two places at once, and they are still very good friends, though they do not spend much time with each other these days. Sometimes when Excitement dances with the Wind, there is lightning in the sky. J. Ruth Gendler (The Book of Qualities)
EXCITEMENT
Doubt camped out in the living room last week. I told him that we had had too many house guests. Doubt doesn’t listen. He keeps saying the same thing again and again until I completely forget what I am trying to tell him. Doubt is demanding and not very generous, but I appreciate his honesty.
(The Book of Qualities)
DOUBT
1. Choose an emotion2. Compare it through
either similes or metaphors to all 5 senses
Emotion is colorIt tastes like _________
It smells like __________And reminds me of ________
It sounds like _________Emotion makes me feel like
________
Experience an emotion with al l five senses
EMOTION POEMS
Joy is bright green.It tastes like orange juice.
It smells like sunshine.And reminds me of
fireworks.It sounds like a crackling
fire.Joy makes me feel like
giggling.
PERSONIFICATIO
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Choose one of the objects and write a sentence ful l of personification.
#1ALASKAN BROWN BEAR
#2COMMON TERN CHICK
#3DUST TORNADO, AFRICA
#4JAPANESE MACAQUAS, NAGANO
#5EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL VOLCANO, ICELAND
#6RED SQUIRREL, POLAND
#7STORM CLOUDS, UTAH
#8SILVERBACK GORILLA, AFRICA
An Oxymoron is a combination of seemingly contradictory words. Same differencePretty uglyRoaring silence
OXYMORON
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration gives emphasis to words.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
ALLITERATION
ALLITERATION
She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.
In Poetry
ALLITERATION
The use of words that mimic sounds. The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!
ONOMATOPOEIA
IN POETRY
Write down al l the onomatopoeia words you hear
THE WEARY BLUES
ONOMATOPOEIA
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.
It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.
HYPERBOLE
HYPERBOLE
HYPERBOLE
HYPERBOLE
I cannot go to school today, ’
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.'I have the measles and the
mumps, A gash, a rash and purple
bumps.My mouth is wet, my throat
is dry, I 'm going blind in my right
eye.My tonsils are as big as
rocks, I 've counted sixteen
chicken poxAnd there's one more-that's
seventeen, And don't you think my face
looks green? My leg is cut-my eyes are
blue-It might be instamatic flu.I cough and sneeze and
gasp and choke, I 'm sure that my left leg is
broke-My hip hurts when I move
my chin, My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.My neck is stiff, my voice is
weak, I hardly whisper when I
speak.My tongue is filling up my
mouth, I think my hair is fall ing
out.My elbow's bent, my spine
ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-
eight.My brain is shrunk, I cannot
hear, There is a hole inside my
ear.I have a hangnail, and my
heart is-what? What's that? What's that
you say? You say today is...Saturday? G'bye, I 'm going out to
play! '
Shel Silverstein
SICK
I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hil ls,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending l ineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkl ing waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay.In such a jocund company:I gazed---and gazed---but l itt le thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I l ie In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.
I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
--WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.
• Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet,"
• meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.
IDIOMS
ANIMAL IDIOMS
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