Figurative Language 1
The wind screamed as the storm rapidly approached our home.
What is personification?
Words chosen to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
Imagery
The tree branches danced in the wind.
personification
Jumbo Shrimp
Icy Hot
Pretty Ugly
Oxymorons
The emotions or feelings of a story (happy, sad, suspenseful...)
Mood
Literary reference to a familiar person or thing. Ex: You are a bunch of Einsteins
Allusion
Stephanie sat as still & silent as a statue
What is a simile?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Ex. It's raining cats and dogs
idiom
-Don't burn all of your bridges.
What is an idiom?
Wet Wells went to Wednesday's wedding.
a literary device, where human qualities or emotions are given to inanimate objects in nature.
(angry clouds/cruel winds/sad flowers/confused stars)
personification
Words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or expected outcome. Ex: A burning fire truck
Irony
The use of sound words to add an effect
(The pans & pots clashed & clattered as they fell to the ground)
onomatopoeia