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Simile
Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”
Ex: She is as stubborn as a mule!
Two unlike comparisons: she, mule
I am hungry as a horse.
You run like a rabbit.
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.
Now, you come up with 3 similes using the pictures below:
Metaphors
Metaphors make stronger images than similes.
When you use a metaphor, you are saying
that person, place, or thing IS something
else (not just like it).
Examples:
My sister is a dragon.
Or
The mayor glared with eyes of ice.
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The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.
Metaphor Game
Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or
characteristics to other animals or to inanimate (non-living)
objects.
Ex: The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
The flowers danced in the wind.
The friendly gates welcomed
us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the
pollution.
Repetition of the first letter sound.
Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes.
Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
Clever Clifford Cutter clumsily closed the closet clasps.
Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
Stan the strong surfer saved several
swimmers on Saturday.
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy
trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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alliterations.
A word that imitates a noise or action
splash
gush
kerplunk
meow
whack
ticked
pow
quack
moo
bang
click
swoosh
Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp
A contradiction used for descriptive purposes.
Ex:
Dangerously safe
Live recording
Freezer burn
Loud whisper
Pretty ugly
Friendly argument
We’re alone
Jumbo shrimp
Hyperbole
An exaggeration, or making things seem more
extreme than they really were.
Ex: He was as smelly as a skunk.
We drove for hours looking for this place.
Hyperbole
My face was as red as a fire
truck.
I was so hungry, I could have eaten a
hippopotamus.
Idiom
The words in an idiom do not have their literal
meaning. A culture understands an idiom to
have special meaning.
Example:
“Don’t cry over spilt milk.”
Wolf!
He cried wolf.
Open mouth, insert foot.
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