PPT-Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Oxymoron, Alliteration,

Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Idioms Figurative Language figures of speech Comparing seemingly unlike things using the words like or as Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what youre going to get . Practice. Connotation/Denotation . examples. What does each set of words actually mean? What connotation does each word portray?. 1. Inquisitive. , Interested, Curious, Convivial. Inquisitive can mean that someone asks too many questions.. Language. Imagery. Simile. Metaphor. Personification. Aural imagery. Alliteration. Assonance. Onomatopoeia. Symbol. Imagery. Simile. Metaphor. Personification. Aural imagery. Alliteration. Assonance. Identify the type of figurative language in each example.. English I. ". Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is." . (. slogan of . Alka. Seltzer, U.S.). Onomatopoeia. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a . “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~Robert Frost. Poetic. . Devices. The Sounds of Poetry. Onomatopoeia. When a word’s pronunciation imitates its sound.. featuring. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. “This time, This place. Misused, Mistakes. Too long, Too late”. “Far Away” . by . Nickelback. alliteration. “She’s like a song played again and again”. “Replay” . Figurative Language . What do you know? . Simile . Metaphor . Personification . Alliteration . Onomatopoeia . Hyperbole . Simile . Sir Andrew, whirling like a blown leaf, . What does it tell us about him? . Figurative Language. Similes . A simile is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. . A simile always uses . like . or . as. to make the comparison. . Simile = similar . “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in the world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.”. Aphorism . “Now it was again a green light on the dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.. Hyperbole. Your suitcase weighs a ton!. Half Rhyme . Hold/Bald. Irony. The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”. . Personification. To give human or personal qualities to inanimate things or ideas. Metaphor. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one object or idea is applied to another- suggesting a likeness or analogy between them. . Example: . This homework was a breeze. . Review:. What is alliteration?. Review:. What is a simile?. Review:. What is a metaphor?. Alliteration, Simile, or Metaphor?. Ex: Wicked Witch of the West. Non. -example: Dorothy and . Todo. Alliteration, Simile, or Metaphor?. Knowledge . Writers often write about one thing and invite you to compare it to . another. thing: doing so can develop your understanding of what the writers are discussing.. Skills:. Read each quotation: identify whether the identified section is a simile, a metaphor, or example of personification. . (Definitions). Makes a comparison between 2 or more things that are not alike and uses the words “like” or “as”. . The word is the same as the sound it makes. Makes a comparison between 2 or more things that are not alike. Name: __________________________ Date: ___________ PD: ______. Directions. : Match definitions in Column B to the type of figurative language it describes in Column A. . -COLUMN A-. _____1. idiom. _____2. metaphor.