Figurative Language - Shelby County Schools

Figurative Language
An element of poetry (and writing)
where words and phrases have
alternate meanings
Onomatopoeia
 Words that sound like their meaning
 Ex: buzz, moo, clang
Personification
 Giving human qualities to something nonhuman
 Ex: The wind whispered
Simile
 Comparison using “like” or “as”
 Ex: Ms. Tucker sings like a toad
Metaphor
 Direct comparison
 Ex: the sun is a gold coin
Hyperbole
 Extreme exaggeration
 Ex: you scared me to death
Alliteration
 Repetition of initial (beginning) sounds
 Ex: literature loving Luci
Assonance
 Vowel sounds are the same, but words
do not necessarily rhyme
 Ex: you should look through clues
Literary Term of the Day
 Parody:
 Literary work imitating the style of an
author for comic effect
Gooseonomatopoeia
Thump…thump…thump…thump
Puff…puff…puff…wheww!
Whirr…splash!
Errr…thu-dunk…thu-dunk…thu-dunk.
Errr…thu-dunk…thu-dunk…thu-dunk.
Answer
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Thump…thump…thump…thump
Puff…puff…puff…wheww!
Whirr…splash!
Errr…thu-dunk…thu-dunk…thu-dunk.
Errr…thu-dunk…thu-dunk…thu-dunk.

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