Figurative Language by Betsy Salm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2017-02-26 22:48:58 UTC 2025-09-29 14:50:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png personification bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156283213  is when you give human qualities to an object or animal.
  • EXAMPLES
  • Lightning danced across the sky.
  • The wind howled in the night.
  • The car complained as the key was turned.
  • Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
  • My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
  • The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
  • Traffic slowed to a crawl.

]]> 2017-02-26 22:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156283213 alliteration bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156283860 Alliteration happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another. One of the fun features of alliteration is when it becomes a tongue twister.

EXAMPLES of ALLITERATION

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (repeated p sound)
2. Sally sells seashells by the sea shore. (repeated s sound)
3. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. (repeated w and c/ch sounds)
4. The sly, slithering snake snuck into the shed. (repeated s sound)
5. The river rushed rapidly over the rocks. (repeated r sound)
]]> 2017-02-26 23:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156283860 hyperbole bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156284157
 extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point

EXAMPLES 
  • If I can't get a Smartphone, I will die.
  • She is as thin as a toothpick.
]]> 2017-02-26 23:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156284157 idiom bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156287677 are word combinations which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.

A piece of cake - Very easy
Slipped my mind - I forgot
Cross your fingers - For good luck
Be in hot water - Be in trouble
]]> 2017-02-26 23:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156287677 similes bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156293492 A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like."

EXAMPLES:

As busy as a bee
As cheap as dirt 
As clear as mud

(Eat) like a bird
(Fight) like cats and dogs
(Work) like a dog
]]> 2017-02-27 01:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156293492 metaphore bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156293921  A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.

EXAMPLES:
Broken heart - Your heart is not literally broken into pieces; you just feel hurt and sad.
The light of my life - The person described by this metaphor isn't really providing physical light. He or she is just someone who brings happiness or joy.
]]> 2017-02-27 01:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156293921 figurative language bsalm https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156294182 2017-02-27 01:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bsalm/bsalm/wish/156294182