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Figurative Language Review2 4

Figurative language uses expressions not meant to be taken literally to convey meaning in a vivid or imaginative way. Some common types are similes which use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things, metaphors which make implicit comparisons, personification which treats non-human objects as human, hyperbole which exaggerates for effect, onomatopoeia which uses words that imitate sounds, and oxymorons which combine contradictory terms.

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Figurative Language Review2 4

Figurative language uses expressions not meant to be taken literally to convey meaning in a vivid or imaginative way. Some common types are similes which use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things, metaphors which make implicit comparisons, personification which treats non-human objects as human, hyperbole which exaggerates for effect, onomatopoeia which uses words that imitate sounds, and oxymorons which combine contradictory terms.

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ONOMATOPOEIA

HYPERBOLE
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overwhelmed or frustrated.”

OXYMORON

PERSONIFICATION
Review Game
SIMILE
• A simile is a comparison of two dissimilar
things using “like” or “as”

EXAMPLE

The man was like a bull as he


charged the audience.
METAPHOR
• A metaphor is a comparison of two
dissimilar things which does not use “like”
or “as”

EXAMPLE

The clouds are cotton balls in


the sky.
PERSONIFICATION
• Personification is treating abstraction or
inanimate objects as human, that is, giving
them human attributes, powers, feelings.

EXAMPLE

•Anger grabbed him when he


was insulted.
HYPERBOLE
• Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration; it may
be used for a serious or comic effect.

EXAMPLE

•I walked for days to get to


the cafeteria.
ONOMATOPOEIA
• Onomatopoeia is a word that is spelled
like it sounds.

EXAMPLE

The hum of the air conditioner


and buzz of the bees put me to
sleep.
OXYMORON
An oxymoron is a statement with two
parts which seem contradictory. They
are opposite in meaning.

EXAMPLE

The waiter brought us jumbo shrimp.


•Try some
examples on your
own
• The firecrackers boomed above our head.

Onomatopoeia
• The tree reached its arms to the sky.

Personification
• Her friends are as sweet as candy.

Simile
• When I found out I had won, I jumped ten
feet in the air!

Hyperbole
• The sleepy man was a snail as he walked
into the office.

Metaphor
• My chances of going to the party are a
definite maybe.

Oxymoron
• My sister is like a cheetah when she runs
in the race.

Simile
• I played that game a million times!

Hyperbole
• Michelle is a machine. She can work
really quickly.

Metaphor
• The baseball whizzed by my ear and into
the outfield.

Onomatopoeia
• The wind whispered in his ear.

Personification
• My chances of coming to the party are a
definite maybe.

Oxymoron
• There was deafening silence when he
walked into the room.

Oxymoron
• We had to wait in the waiting room for
days!

Hyperbole
• The basketball player was a tower in front
of me.

Metaphor
• Sometimes brains are like computers
because they can calculate the answer to
a problem.

Simile
• The bubble gum bubble popped in my
face.

Onomatopoeia
• Doubt crept into my mind when I started
getting nervous.

Personification

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