Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Personification Lesson

Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Personification Lesson

What is onomatopoeia?

• Onomatopoeia is a word that describes an actual sound.

• Boom, Pow, and Wham are all examples of onomatopoeia!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows onomatopoeia?

• The bacon sizzled in the pan.

• The bacon tasted good.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows onomatopoeia?

• The sheep was white.

• The sheep said "baa".

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Which sentence shows onomatopoeia?

• "POP!" went the balloon.

• The balloon was blue.

What is alliteration?

• Alliteration is when most of the words in a sentence start with the same sound.

• The boy buzzed around busy as a bee.

• Larry likes licking the lollipop.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows alliteration?

• Go rake the leaves, please.

• Go gather the green leaves on the grass.

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Which sentence shows alliteration?

• Gary took out the garbage.

• Gary grumpily gathered the garbage.

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Which sentence shows alliteration?

• Patty planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.

• Sarah planted some beautiful flowers.

What is personification?

• Personification is when you make animals or objects seem like humans.

• Lightning danced across the sky.

• Lightining can't really dance! This just means it was all over the sky!

• The wind howled last night.

• Wind can't really howl! This just means it was blowing very loudly!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows personification?

• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed.

• My alarm clock rings at 6:00.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows personification?

• The moon played hide and seek behind the clouds.

• The moon was behind the clouds.

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Which sentence shows personification?

• The car's headlights were bright.

• The car's headlights winked at me.

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His hands were cold as ice.

• His hands were warm.

• His hands were very cold.

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Last night, I slept like a log.

• I did not sleep well.

• I slept very well.

Now let's review from yesterday! What do the following similes and metaphors mean?

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He was feeling blue.

• He was sad.

• He was happy.

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The clouds are balls of cotton.

• The clouds looked like it would rain soon.

• The clouds were white and fluffy.

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She was blind as a bat.

• She couldn't see well.

• She had great eyesight.

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I slept like a log.

• I did not sleep well.

• I slept very well.

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She was as sweet as sugar.

• She was very nice.

• She was very mean.

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He was feeling blue.

• He was sad.

• He was happy.

Which sentence shows personification?