To enhance our writing, we will be learning about various kinds of figurative language. This handy guide will be available all year, to help with homework assignments.
Alliteration
Alliteration is when multiple words in a phrase or sentence begin with the same letter sound.
Examples:
Hannah had a hundred huge horses.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Ryan ran around the racetrack.
Examples:
Hannah had a hundred huge horses.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Ryan ran around the racetrack.
Idiom
Metaphor
A sentence that compares 2 or more things, that does NOT use the words 'like' or 'as'.
Onomatopoeia
The use of sound words in a text, like "crash!", "boom!", or "bang!"
Personification
Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
Examples:
Examples:
Repetition
We will encounter repetition the most when we read poems, but it also occurs in other texts.
Repetition is when lines repeat in a given text.
In the example to the left, the lines that show repetition are "sipping once", "sipping twice" "sipping chicken soup with rice", because the word "sipping" repeats.
Repetition is when lines repeat in a given text.
In the example to the left, the lines that show repetition are "sipping once", "sipping twice" "sipping chicken soup with rice", because the word "sipping" repeats.
Rhyme
Simile
A simile is a sentence that compares 2 or more things, using the word like or as.
Examples:
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
His shirt was colorful like crayons.
Ms. Fallon is as sweet as ice cream.
Examples:
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
His shirt was colorful like crayons.
Ms. Fallon is as sweet as ice cream.