Transcript figurative language - Nutley Public Schools

IMAGERY
METAPHORS
SIMILES
ONOMATOPOEIA
ALLITERATION
IDIOMS
OXYMORONS
HYPERBOLES
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Imagery is writing that helps the reader:
 See
 Hear
 Smell
 Taste
 Feel
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School cafeteria during lunch hour
An outdoor concert
A public swimming pool
The inside of a car stuck in traffic
A busy restaurant
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A metaphor is an indirect comparison of
two objects WITHOUT using “like” or
“as”.
My grandfather is my guiding star who
gives me direction in life.
When he left his small town and moved
to the city, Mark was a fish out of water.
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In your groups, write your own
metaphor for life then explain its
meaning.
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A simile is a statement that compares two
unlike items using the words “like” or “as”.
My life is like an open book.
Time is like a thief that steals away years.
Keeping a secret is like…………
2. My steak was awful; it was like ……….
3. Fighting through the crowds during the
holiday shopping season is
like…………
4. Taking a test on a Monday is like
………………
5. I am as happy as……
1.
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Onomatopoeia is the use of a word whose
sound imitates the sound associated with the
object or action the word represents.
A parrot
 A snake
 A frog
 A pig
 A dog
 A hen
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Alliteration is the repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginnings of
words.
 Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
 She sells seashells by the seashore.
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Handsome Harry………………..
Studious students………………….
Clumsy Carol……………………..
Fancy Farah……………..
Tiny Tony……………..
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An idiom is a word, phrase, or
expression that has meaning beyond the
literal meaning of the word(s).
It’s raining cats and dogs!
 I think it’s time to bury the hatchet.
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Hold your horses
Lay down the law
On pins and needles
Hanging around
Cracks me up
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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that brings
together two contradictory (opposite) terms.
Old news
 Original copy
 Plastic silverware
 Jumbo Shrimp
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ILL
PEACEFUL
INSIDE
GENUINE
WAR
OUT
IMITITATION
HEALTH
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A hyperbole is an extreme
exaggeration.
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I’ve told you a million times to clean
up your room!
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My dog is so mean……………….
That test was so hard……………..
My friend is so lazy………….
That house is so big………..
It is so hot outside………