Figurative Language Poetry Review

Give an example of personification

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The sun is like a light bulb

• The Sun smiled at us

• I want to be awesome

What type of figurative language is shown?
Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

A comparison between 2 unlike things. WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Define: Metaphor

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Define: Simile

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Define: Hyperbole

• exaggeration for effect

• comparison of two or more things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”

• when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

• a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people.

• comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Define: Personification

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Define: Onomatopoeia

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect

Define: Imagery

• when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

• giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

• exaggeration for effect