Pollner figurativelanguage
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This document defines and provides examples of different types of figurative language: metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and personification. It begins by defining a metaphor as a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as". It then gives examples of metaphors, similes, and hyperboles. Similes directly compare two things using "like" or "as", while hyperboles exaggerate things for emphasis. Finally, it defines personification as giving human qualities to non-human things.
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- 1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE By Lee Pollner #10 February 6, 2012
- 2. Definition from wordcentral.com : a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them. Here is the definition from rhlschool.com/eng3n26.htm: Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining. Definition from dictionary.com :a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in My definition of a metaphor is: A metaphor is a figure of speech with compares one thing to another thing, but does not use like or as
- 3. SO, WHAT IS A METAPHOR? A metaphor is a one kind of figurative language A metaphor is like a simile, but doesnt use like or as A metaphor compares something to another thing
- 4. EXAMPLES OF METAPHORS His castle was a mansion Her pet is a dog The light was a friendly smile from the window The sun was a warm, cuddly blanket The deer, running through the woods was a flash of color. The fish, gliding through the water was a ballet dancer. Next 5 metaphors are from www.buzzle.com/articles/metaphor- examples-for-kids.html He has a heart of stone. She has a gait of a peacock. He is the shinning star of our school. She has a heart of a lion. For me time is money.
- 5. SIMILES Definition : A simile compares 2 things and uses like or as. Definition from dictionary.com : A Definition from figure of speech in which two unlike wordcentral.com :A figure of things are explicitly compared, as in speech in which things she is like a rose different in kind or quality are compared by the use of the word like or as
- 7. EXAMPLES OF SIMILES The water is like the sun is an example of simile because water and the sun have little in common and yet theyre being compared to one another. The rose is as pretty as a princess Water is as clear as a crystal The sun is as bright as neon yellow The sun is as hot as a red chili pepper The person is like a feisty cheetah
- 8. HYPERBOLES My definition: A hyperbole is a figure of speech that extremely exaggerates the subject. For example, I was so thirsty, I could have drank the whole ocean! This is a Hyperbole because no one would ever drink the whole ocean. Definition from dicitionary.com : 1. obvious and intentional Definition from wordcentral.com :extravagant exaggeration. exaggeration used to emphasize a point 2. an extravagant statement or <"mile-high ice cream cones>" is an example figure of speech not intended to be of hyperbole because there can not be a mile taken literally, as to wait an high of ice cream cones. It exaggerates. eternity.
- 9. WHAT IS A HYPERBOLE? In this poem, William Wordsworth uses lots of hyperbole to pain a picture and make the story interesting
- 10. EXAMPLES OF HYPERBOLES All of these examples are from http://www.proprofs.com/flash cards/cardshowall.php?title=fig urative-language_13