Figurative Language Grade 7

SIMILE

• When the intended meaning is opposite of the literal definition of the words used.
• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter
• When any non-person is given person-like qualities.
• A comparison of two things that are not alike. They are written using like or as.

METAPHOR

• A comparison between two things that are not alike where one thing is used to represent something else.
• A word that makes a sound.
• An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
• An expression that does not mean what it says. A commonly understood saying.

IDIOM

• A word that makes a sound.
• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter
• An expression that does not mean what it says. A commonly understood saying.
• When the intended meaning is opposite of the literal definition of the words used.

PERSONIFICATION

• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter
• A comparison between two things that are not alike where one thing is used to represent something else.
• When the intended meaning is opposite of the literal definition of the words used.
• When any non-person is given person-like qualities.

ALLITERATION

• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter
• A word that makes a sound.
• An expression that does not mean what it says. A commonly understood saying.
• When any non-person is given person-like qualities.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• A comparison between two things that are not alike where one thing is used to represent something else.
• When any non-person is given person-like qualities.
• A word that makes a sound.
• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter

HYPERBOLE

• A comparison of two things that are not alike. They are written using like or as.
• An expression that does not mean what it says. A commonly understood saying.
• An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
• When the intended meaning is opposite of the literal definition of the words used.

IRONY

• An expression that does not mean what it says. A commonly understood saying.
• When the intended meaning is opposite of the literal definition of the words used.
• When each word has the same beginning sound or letter
• A word that makes a sound.

Mom made muffins on Saturday morning at the crack of dawn.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

Last July, I was melting like a snowcone in Phoenix it was so hot!

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor