Figurative language
Examples and defination of figurative language
- Created by: Danielle Makowsky
- Created on: 12-04-14 18:37
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- Figurative Language
- Alliteration
- Use alliteration to enhance this title: Bees
- Busy, buzzing, beautiful bees
- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
- "sweet birds sang"
- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
- Busy, buzzing, beautiful bees
- Use alliteration to enhance this title: Bees
- Metaphors
- Lucinda's face was a frozen mask of fear
- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- "Life is a rollercoaster"
- Ben was a raging bull on the field
- Similie
- "Melinda's skin was as soft and glowing as rose petals"
- A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
- "As brave as a lion"
- Figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another.
- A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
- "Melinda's skin was as soft and glowing as rose petals"
- Personification
- A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
- "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"
- "The run down house appeared depressed"
- A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
- Onomatopoeia
- The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
- The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named .
- Words related to air.
- Flutter
- Swoosh
- Whip
- Whiff
- Swoosh
- Flutter
- Words related to air.
- Words Related to Water
- Bloop
- Splash
- Drizzle
- Drip
- Drizzle
- Splash
- "Water plops into pond"
- Bloop
- Words Related to the Voice
- Giggle
- Mumble
- Chatter
- Growl
- Grunt
- Growl
- Chatter
- Mumble
- Giggle
- The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named .
- The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
- Alliteration
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