Examples of Figurative Language
The red gleaming sports car raced down the side street. List the 2 the nouns in the sentence.
What is car and street?
An exaggeration that is used for emphasis.
What is a hyperbole?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled-peppers is called...
What is an alliteration?
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is known as
What is an alliteration.
These kinds of words answer the questions "which one", "what kind" or "how many". They describe nouns.
What are adjectives?
This is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun.
People or animals that are part of a story.
What are characters!
Wait here, I'm going to go jump in the shower is a
What is an idiom?
The cold, black night descended upon us, choking us until we couldn't breathe.
What is personification?
These are words that link a noun to another word. Ex. 'under the bridge'
What are prepositions?
A contrast between what is expected and what really happens.
What is irony?
Some examples are quietly, happily, and sadly.
What are adverbs?
Good Luck at your performance, "Break a leg".
What is idiom?
These words replace or rename nouns; Ex. "She went with them?"
What are pronouns?
This point of view uses "he, she, and it" pronouns. It can be "limited" or "omniscient".
What is third-person.
"She has a heart of gold."
What is a metaphor.
These are short exclamations inserted into a sentence; Ex. "Ouch, that hurt!"
What are interjections?
Any reference to person, place, thing, or event that is known from literature, history, or culture is ...
What is an allusion?
What two forms of figurative language are used in this sentence: "The sea licked its greedy lips."
What are personification and metaphor?