Figurative Language Review

• Simile• Metaphor

• Personification• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia • Alliteration• Repetition• Consonance • Assonance

• Internal Rhyme• End Rhyme

• Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” • Example: the sky was as dark as coal.

• Metaphor: a direct comparison• Example: the raven is an alarm that crows to mark our death.

• Personification: is giving human traits to non-living objects.• Example: The raven

stretched his wings to hug the night air.

• Hyperbole: an exaggeration • Example: I told you a million times.

• Onomatopoeia: words that sound like sounds. • Example: bloop, splash, spray, squirt, drip, drizzle

• Alliteration: repetition of the first consonant sound.• Example: The raven rummaged through the red cupboard.

• Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds• Example: the pumpkin taped the peppered toilet paper to Piper’s nose.

• Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds. • Example: The weak flea jumped from the tree to the black raven.

• Internal Rhyme: a rhyme that occurs within the same line• Example: “Ride all the night through fog-smoke white”

• End Rhyme: a rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines• Example: The fog set in. I couldn’t win. It filled my soul. I paid a heavy toll.

• Repetition: the repetition of words used to emphasize • Example: “Who, Who,” said the owl. “Who, Who are you?” he seemed to hoot. Who…Who…

1. Simile2. Metaphor

3. Personification4. Hyperbole

5. Onomatopoeia 6. Alliteration

7. Consonance 8. Assonance

9. Internal Rhyme10.End Rhyme

A. I want to splash in the water.

B. I like bikes and dry ice.

C. Sonya is as nice as the flu.

D. She hikes. He bikes.

E. Can candy cause cavities?

F. The boy is a garbage disposal. He will eat anything.

G. Why must you die?

H. Her hair was waving goodbye.

I. I could die from embarrassment.

J. Paddy’s ducks were lodged in the kennel Luds.