Part 1

SIMILE

Simile• (noun)

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• [uses like or as to make a comparison]

• You are as brave as a lion.

• Santa’s belly was like a bowl full of jelly.

Metaphor

Metaphor

• (noun)

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it does not literally apply.

• Your head is full of rocks.

• You are the sunshine of my life.

Alliteration

Alliteration

• (noun)

• refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases.

• Laura laughs loudly like little leopards.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

• (noun)

• a word that imitates the sound it represents.

• Boom!• Crackle• Chirp

Personification

Personification

• (noun)

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

• Giving something that is NOT human the characteristics of a human.

• The evil sun shot down its burning rays on the lonely lawn chair.

Rhyme

Rhyme

• (noun)

• A word that has the same sound as another

• crinkle/wrinkle

• spend/wind

End and Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme- Words with end rhyme have the same ending sound – cry/bye– float/ boat

• Internal Rhyme- a rhyme between words in the same line – I love the way the wind sways the bales of hay in

November.

Imagery

Imagery

• (noun)• used in literature to refer to descriptive

language that evokes sensory experience – you can “hear”, “see”, etc. what the words describe

• When you entered the store, you could hear the clanging and ringing of the registers wishing the Christmas shoppers a great holiday season.

Assonance

Assonance

• (noun)

• resemblance of sounds between words. – The sounds in words sounds very similar to one

another

• I lie down by the side of my bride.

Prose

Prose

• (noun)

• matter-of-fact or commonplace written expression

• novels, articles…

Idiom

Idiom

• (noun)

• a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people

• You have a chip on your shoulder.

• Her father called her the apple of his eye.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole

• (noun)

• intentional exaggeration

• It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• Everybody and their mom was in line to go to the bathroom.

Meter

Meter • (noun)

• arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.

He said, “Hey, there fellow (a)with the hair colored yellow. (a)Watcha trying to prove? (b)‘Cause that’s my woman there (c)and I’m a man who cares (c) and this might be all for you.” (b)

Figurative Language

Figurative Language

• (noun)

• The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions.