Figurative Language

Ninja Turtle Style

By Mrs. Cooper

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Personification
Giving a non-human thing a human action or feelings.
Non-human
thing

Example:

Human
action/feelings

The brave
turtles

Personification

ran quickly
toward
danger
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Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects
make.

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Hyperbole
An exaggeration that STRETCHES the truth!
The Truth

Example:

STRETCH
it!

Truth:
Michaelangelos so
hungry

Hyperbole

Stretch: that he could

eat five million pizzas!

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Simile
Used to compare two unlike things
Key words: like or as
Raphael can be as mean as a snake!

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Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things
Key words: is, was, were, been, etc (state of
being verbs)

April ONeil is the sunshine in Donnies life.

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Your Turn!

Create your own examples of figurative language!

10 seconds pick a partner
You will get a figurative language assignment
Create a poster, including:
Figurative Language Name
Description of Figurative Language
Example sentence
Picture (Drawing the best you can)