Literary Terms
Figurative Language
• Language that is not intended to be taken
______________.
• All of the other terms that we are studying are
examples of _____________ language.
Figurative Language
• Language that is not intended to be taken
literally.
• All of the other terms that we are studying are
examples of figurative language.
Alliteration
• Repetition of ____________ sounds at the
beginning of words in a sentence or line.
• Tongue twisters use alliteration: Sally sales
seashells by the seashore. The “s” sound is
repeated.
• Remember that it is the _______ that is
repeated not the letter.
• What sound does “ph” make?
Alliteration
• Repetition of consonant sounds at the
beginning of words in a sentence or line.
• Tongue twisters use alliteration: Sally sales
seashells by the seashore. The “s” sound is
repeated.
• Remember that it is the sound that is
repeated not the letter.
• What sound does “ph” make?
Hyperbole
• An ____________ or overstatement
• An example of hyperbole is: He is as big as a
house.
• Most times a hyperbole is also a ________ or
metaphor.
Hyperbole
• An exaggeration or overstatement
• An example of hyperbole is: He is as big as a
house.
• Most times a hyperbole is also a simile or
metaphor.
Metaphor
• A metaphor is a __________ of two unlike
things that says one thing is something else.
• An example of metaphor is: Her home was a
prison.
Metaphor
• A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike
things that says one thing is something else.
• An example of metaphor is: Her home was a
prison.
Onomatopoeia
• Onomatopoeia is words that ________ a
sound or sounds.
• Examples of onomatopoeia are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYU8UE
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Onomatopoeia
• Onomatopoeia is words that imitate a sound
or sounds.
• Examples of onomatopoeia are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYU8UE
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Personification
• Personification is giving __________
characteristics to non-human things.
• An example of personification is: The tree
leaves waved hello in the wind.
Personification
• Personification is giving human
characteristics to non-human things.
• An example of personification is: The tree
leaves waved hello in the wind.
Simile
• Simile is a comparison between two unlike
things using ______, ____, or as if.
• An example of a simile is: He was busy as a
bee.
Simile
• Simile is a comparison between two unlike
things using like, as, or as if.
• An example of a simile is: He was busy as a
bee.