Drill (Spelling)

1. Figurative
2. Language
3. Simile
4. Hyperbole
5. Alliteration
6. Metaphor
7. Personification
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Oxymoron
Review:

Directions: Tell whether each of the following statement is

Hyperbole or Litotes.

1. The skin on her face was as thin and drawn as tight as

the skin of onion and her eyes were grey and sharp like the
points of two picks.
2. That new car costs a bazillion dollars.
3. You are not doing badly at all.
4. Her brain is the size of a pea.
5. “I am not unaware how the production of the Grub Street
Brotherhood have of late years under my prejudices.”
My Heart is a Stereo
Moves Like Jagger
Wildest Dream
Firework
Figurative
Language
 Literal vs. Figurative
Language
• Literal Language – You say
exactly what you mean. You
make no comparison, and you
do not exaggerate or
understate the situation.
• Figurative Language – You
DON’T say exactly what you
mean. You DO compare,
exaggerate, and understate
the situation. You use similes,
metaphors, hyperboles, and
other figures of speech to
make your writing more
exciting.
 Literal or Figurative???
1. Grant always turns in his homework.
2. The water was rising in the river because of
the rain.
3. Her teeth are like stars because they come out
at night.
4. When she sings her voice is like velvet.
5. Half of the class did not complete the
assignment.
6. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
7. Mike was so angry that steam was coming out of
his ears.
8. The zebras cried when the wise old elephant
died.
9. I’ve told you a million times to clean
up your room.
 Literal or Figurative???
1. The snow was coming down by the
bucket-fulls.
2. Mary is always dressed neatly.
3. Native Americans believed that the
sun was a god.
4. These bags are so heavy my arms
are falling off.
5. Mrs. Brown sometimes gives us too
much homework.
 Seven Types of
Figurative Language
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
 Simile
• comparing two unlike things using the
words “like” or “as”.

Her eyes were like stars.

Susan is as gentle as a
kitten.
 Hyperbole
• an exaggeration so dramatic, no one
could believe it; overstate to
emphasize a point.

This bag weighs a ton!

I’ve told you a million

times to clean up your
room!
 Alliteration
• the repeating of the same letter or
sound, especially consonant
sounds….including tongue twisters.
Miss Warren was worried
when Wendy was waiting.

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Peter Piper picked a peck of

pickled peppers.
 Alliteration in Poetry
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they
do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
“Let us fly,” said the flea;
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
 Metaphor
• comparing two unlike things without
using like or as. Calling one thing,
another. Saying one thing is
something else.
He’s a lion when he fights.

Her eyes were sparkling

emeralds.

My love is a red, red

rose.
 Personification
• giving human characteristics to
things that are not human.

The angry flood waters

slapped the house.

The sun smiled down on us.

 Onomatopoeia
• the use of a word to describe or
imitate a natural sound made by an
object or action. Words that sound
like what they mean.

tweet,
pow zoom tweet

buzz
hiss
 Oxymoron
words or phrases in which
contradictory or opposite
terms are used together
baby grand

act naturally
jumbo shrimp

adult child

climb down
 Personification, simile, metaphor,
oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration,
or onomatopoeia???
1. The street cars are like frosted cakes
covered with snowflakes.
2. The west wind dances down the road.
3. A train is a dragon that roars through the
dark.
4. The band played to a small crowd at the
concert.
5. She’s as tiny as a mouse.
6. Her blonde hair shined like the sun.
7. Susan suddenly stretched
slowly.
KEY: Personification, simile, metaphor,
oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration,
or onomatopoeia???
1. The street cars are like frosted cakes
covered with snowflakes. simile

2. The west wind dances down the road.personification

3. A train is a dragon that roars through the
metaphor
dark.
4. The band played to a small crowd at the
concert. oxymoron

5. She’s as tiny as a mouse. simile

6. Her blonde hair shined like the sun. simile

7. Susan suddenly stretched

slowly. alliteration
 Practice Test
1. The lightweight fighter lost so much weight,
he looked as thin as a rail.
2. Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
3. When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was
hungry enough to eat a horse.
4. “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home
run.
5. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.
6. The kite drank the wind and laughed across the
sky.
7. We ate cat fish for dinner.
8. The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during
the awards ceremony.
9. Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.
10. The water was a glove that enveloped
the swimmer’s body.
 Practice Test KEY
1. The lightweight fighter lost so much weight,
simile
he looked as thin as a rail.
2. Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong. alliteration
3. When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was
hungry enough to eat a horse. hyperbole
4. “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home
run. onomatopoeia

5. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass. simile

6. The kite drank the wind and laughed across the
sky. personification
7. We ate catfish for dinner. oxymoron
8. The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during
the awards ceremony. simile
9. Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly. alliteration

10. The water was a glove that enveloped

the swimmer’s body. metaphor
 Don’t forget to
Shampoo!!
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Oxymoron
• Onomatopoeia
 Figurative Language Quiz
1. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran
across the ice.
2. The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.
3. The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the
game.
4. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.
5. The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.
6. The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish
line.
7. “Bang!” went the gun as the race started.
8. Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division.
9. Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant
for TV.
10. After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink
the ocean.
11. The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.
12. The team members remained as cool as cucumbers after the
game.
EXTRA CREDIT: What do all the sentences have in
common? (besides containing figurative language)
 Quiz Key
1. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran
across the ice. personification
2. The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar. metaphor
3. The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the
game. simile
alliteration
4. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.
5. The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.metaphor
6. The running shoes danced as the runner neared the finish
line. personification
7. “Bang!” went the gun as the race started. onomatopoeia
8. Steven boxes in the light-heavyweight division. oxymoron
9. Spotlighting several special sports shows seems significant
for TV. alliteration
10. After the marathon, the runner was thirsty enough to drink
the ocean. hyperbole
11. The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.
personification
12. The team members remained as cool as cucumbers after the
game. simile
EXTRA CREDIT: What do all the sentences have in
common? (besides containing figurative
sports language)
 Group Activity
Directions: Identify, label, and explain the
type of figurative language or poetic device
used in the song lyrics. Examples may
include: Figurative Language such as
metaphors, similes, personification,
hyperbole; sound devices such as
alliteration, (assonance, consonance,)
onomatopoeia, (rhyme; and rhetorical
devices such as anaphora and
epistrophe.)
Figurative Language Worksheet
1. Find a song which contains figurative language.
Choose a song that you enjoy.
2. Print out or write down the lyrics.
3. Fill out the chart on the back of this paper.
First look up the name of the song writer. Then
choose quotes from the song which contain
figurative language. Fill in each part of the chart.
4. Look for these types of figurative language:
simile metaphor personification
alliteration (consonance & assonance)
onomatopoeia allusion hyperbole
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SONG TITLE:
PERFORMER(S:
SONGWRITER(S):
Quotation/ Type of figurative What was the
song lyric language song writer
describing in this
lyric?
 The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost 1874 - 1963
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And both that morning equally lay
And sorry I could not travel both In leaves no step had trodden black.
And be one traveler, long I stood Oh, I kept the first for another day!
And looked down one as far as I could Yet knowing how way leads on to way
To where it bent in the undergrowth; I doubted if I should ever come back.

Then took the other, as just as fair, I shall be telling this with a sigh
And having perhaps the better claim Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
Though as for that, the passing there I took the one less traveled by,
Had worn them really about the same, And that has made all the difference.