Words
A word or phrase that compares an idea with something real.
Metaphor
a widely used expression with a figurative meaning that is different from its literal meaning
idiom
True or False: This is an extended metaphor
“Charlie is a bomb,
He is waiting to explode.
The bomb is full of anger;
he has a short fuse.
He may go off at any time.”
True
"Jesse Owens was as fast as lightning"
Simile or
Hyperbole
"Time waits for no one" is an example of personification and...
idiom
a comparison that uses like or as
simile
figures of speech
words or phrases that have an emotional meaning
not literally true, but are emotionally true
figurative language
T or F: this is personification
"Let's sit at the table of brotherhood"
False
It's a metaphor
jingle jangle
Door Dash
Kid's Coats
Alliteration
"Redbull gives you wings" is hyperbole. Why?
The phrase emphasizes that drinking Redbull will give you energy.
repetition of two or more consonant sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
a metaphor that happens across meany lines of text
extended metaphor
a, e, i, o, u
False
These are vowels.
The other letters are consonants.
“Let one forget his reason for being, they'd [trees] all droop like tulips in a glass, each with their arms around the other” (pp 3).
simile: comparing the trees to tulips
hyperbole: "they'd all"
personification: "arms around each other"
Why is the phrase "sly, slithering snake" an example of alliteration?
The same consonants at the beginning of the more than one word.
giving human characteristics to objects, animals, or ideas
personification
words that spell out sounds
onomatopoeia
T or F: metaphors are comparisons that use like or as
False
Similes use like or as. Metaphors do not
“They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger” (pp 2).
personification: "grab," "toes," "bite the sky with violent teeth," "their anger"
alliteration: "grow and grab," "between and bite," "they, the, their," "toes and teeth"
Why is the phrase "eagle eye" NOT an example of alliteration?
The phrase repeats vowels. Alliteration is the repetition of consonants.
an exaggeration that expresses something that won't happen
hyperbole
the meaning of a word we choose based our feelings and on the context.
can be positive, negative, or neutral
connotative meaning
T or F: Poetry is the only genre (or type) of writing that uses figurative language
False:
Figurative language can be used anywhere
why do author's use figurative language?
to express an idea, to connect ideas, to reveal clues, to set the tone
"The wind whispered through the trees" is alliteration and personification. What is the purpose?
The purpose of the phrase is to create rhythm, which is created by alliteration.
The second purpose of the phrase is to show that the wind is quiet by giving it a human quality, which is personification.