FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

SIMILE A comparison using like or as

His feet were as big as boats.

METAPHOR A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.

Her hair is silk.

SIMILE OR METAPHOR? The baby was like an octopus, grabbing

at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"

The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

SIMILE OR METAPHOR? I feel like a limp dishrag. Those girls are like two peas in a pod. The fluorescent light was the sun during

our test. No one invites Harold to parties because

he’s a wet blanket. The bar of soap was a slippery eel

during the dog’s bath. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long

tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

SIMILE AND METAPHOR GAME Find a partner You have 5 minutes to come up with as

many similes and metaphors for the word chocolate

You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points for each metaphor

They must be written so that I can read them

CHOCOLATE Make as many similes and metaphors

as you can for this word.

WHAT IS ALLITERATION Alliteration is the repetition of initial

consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

Also known as Initial Rhyme.Here are some examples: the wild winds of winter Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled

peppers. http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/otherresources/glossaryofliteracyterms/WhatIsAlliteration.htm

THE RAILROAD TRACKS RAN RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN. Alliteration

makes the reader read faster, adding a sense of speed and intensity to the sentence.

CONSONANCE Alliteration is NOT just repeating

consonant sounds at the beginning of words, it could be in the middle of a

word. This is also known as “consonance.”

CONSONANCE IS A LOT LIKE ALLITERATION, EXCEPT THE LETTERS BEING REPEATED CAN APPEAR AT THE BEGINNING OR AT THE END OF THE WORD. Example:1. More men came home that day than we ever expected.2. She gave the big dog a hug.WriteGuide’s Letter Writing Program

PERSONIFICATION to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

EXAMPLES The flowers danced in the wind.

The friendly gates welcomed us.

The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.