Figurative language power point

Maci Barker Sept.19,2011

Comparing 2 things with using the 2 words like or as.

My dads hair is as bald as a baby's backside

Simile

Comparing 2 things without using like or as something is something else

My sister’s heart was broken when her boyfriend broke up with her.

Metaphor

Using exaggeration to make a point

Lisa will die if you ask her to sing in front of everyone.

hyperbole

A sound word

Tammy’s flip flops slapped across the pavement as she walked.

onomatopoeia

Repetition of beginning sound.

The cheetah chased the cat for his cheese.

alliteration

Giving human qualities to something not human.

The camera loves me.

personification

A well known expression that does not mean what it says.

Sometimes My little sister deserves a taste of her own medicine.

idiom

1.What is a exaggeration to make a point?

2.When pigs fly?3.A laugh in the sea?4.What is giving human

qualities to something not human?

5.Repetion of begging sound?

6.What is bang?7.What is as big as a bus?

Practice problems