Figurative Language
“Busy as a bee.”
Simile
is the form of the verb used to form the third person singular in the present tense.
-s form
Call
Called
Left
Leave
“I’ll be there in a second.”
Understatement
The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
is formed by adding “to” in front of the base form
Infinitive form
Watched
Forgotten
Forgot
“I was going to look for my watch, but I didn’t have time.”
Pun
She sells seashells by the seashore
Alliteration
the form you look up to learn about the verb in the dictionary.
Base form
Drive
Drove
Flown
Fly
Buzz. Oink. Honk. Boom. Meow.
Onomatopoeia
“He is an early-bird.”
Metaphor
used to create the past tense of a verb
past tense form
Go
Kept
Keep
“Bittersweet”, “alone together”
Oxymoron
“That’s a blessing in disguise.”
Idiom
one of the properties of verbs, it means they change form.
Inflection
Eat
Bought
Buy
“I’m a million miles away from home.”
Hyperbole