Figurative Language

I SOP HAMIdiomSimileOnomatopoeiaPersonificationHyperboleAlliterationMetaphor

Idiom•“Figure of speech”

Idiom• Group of words that say one thing, but mean something completely different.

Examples of Idioms:

“It was a piece of cake!”

Meaning: It was easy to do

Examples of Idioms:

• “Keep your eyes peeled!”

Meaning: Watch Carefully

Put your money where your mouth is.

Meaning: Don’t just talk about something, buy it or invest in it.

• You are dead meat!

• I’m angry with you. (threatening)

Now think of your OWN

idioms to write and illustrate!

Or visit:http://www.idiomsbykids.com/

Simile•Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

Simile• The 2 unlike things do have to have at least one thing in common though…

Examples of Simile:

Jennifer eats like a pig.

(Both Jennifer and a pig are messy eaters)

Examples of Simile:

• Jake was as happy as a kitten with a new ball of yarn.

(both Jake and the kitten are happy)

Simile and Idiom Video

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Check out this

Now see if you can find the similes on this site:

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/simileclassics.html

Onomatopoeia

•A word that imitates the sound it describes

• Bang• Buzz• Crash• Ring

Examples of Onomatopoeia:

Look at the pictures on this site:

http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/onomato/poeia.html

What examples of onomatopoeia can you

think of?

Personification

•Describing something non-human, as if it were human

Examples of Personification:

• The couch groaned under the weight of the entire family.

• The dog cried pitifully.

Follow this link for more examples!

http://www.learnnc.org/media/lessons/JaniceLane5232002893/1Samples.rtf

Hyperbole•Huge exaggeration, usually involving humor

Examples of Hyperbole:•He was so angry, steam came out of his ears.

Examples of Hyperbole:

•She practiced the piano for such a long time, her fingers bled.

Now check out some more examples of

hyperbole written by kids!

Worsley School Hyperbole

and watch the…Simile and Hyperbole Video

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Alliteration

• Repeating the first consonantsound of a wordin neighboring words

Examples of Alliteration:

• She sells sea shells

• Two tricky trains• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Click here to examine:

Alliteration in Poetryand watch this

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Metaphor

•Comparing two unlike things by saying one IS or WAS the other

Examples of Metaphor:

• My mother is a blanket, warm and comforting.

• The train was a howling monster as it hurtled down the track.

Here are some examples of poems about families that use

metaphorshttp://www.teachervision.fen.com/poetry/literary-techniques/5453.html

Listen as your teacher reads them.

Then write your own poem about your family using

metaphors.