1. September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice
K.W. Reed
September,19,2011
Figurative Language Practice

2. Simile A simile compares two things using like or as.
Example: She is as skinny as a rail.

3. Metaphor A metaphor compares two things without using like or as.
Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest!
Example: She is a pig.

4. Hyperbole A hyperbole uses exaggeration to make a point.
Example: He’s got a gazillion dollars!

5. Onomatopoeia An onomatopoeia is a sound word.
Example: When I shot a gun it said bang!
Example: When the banana hit the ground it said splat!

6. Alliteration A alliteration is a repetition of being sound.
Example: A donkey drowned down the road.
Example: A monkey made a moose cry.

7. Personification
A personification gives nonhuman things human qualities.
Example: The flowers were dancing in the wind when I walked by.

8. Idiom
Idiom is a well known expression that does not mean what it says.
Example: The early bird gets the worm.

9. Practice Problems 1.You are a wreck!
2.I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
3.You are old as dirt.
4.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
5.The tree danced in the wind with me.
6.When I popped the balloon it went bang!
7.She is as fat as a pig.