2020 Term 2 lesson 1

15th of April 2020

Figurative speech examples and definitions

Technique	Definition	Your example
Simile	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).	As light as a feather
Metaphor	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.	Life is a roller coaster
Personification	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.	The wind howled in the night
Onomatopoeia	the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).	The cow went moo
Hyperbole	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.	He is as old as the moon
Alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.	Sheep should sleep in a shed

After the lesson

1. Stuck like a burr. Simile. Tells you that the cat is not going to leave their side.

2. as if I’m nothing more than a woman of sand. Simile because she feels as if she is getting pushed away by the waves.

3.  Like a lady’s glove forgotten. Simile because it is beginning forgotten and just left.

4. like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage. Simile. There is a small bird flying around a cage and trying to get out.

5. She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop. onomatopoeia. It is telling the reader how the chicken is going crazy and being really loud.

• The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key. Simile. This tells the reader that the like to explore and the door to exploring is open

• framed in the small doorway of the corridor like the statue. Simile. It is telling the reader that something is standing still in a door way and they are not moving.