LET FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS PROJECT

By Corbin Cunningham

Metaphor:Direct comparison between two things

that does NOT use “like” or “as”

1.His room was a junk pile.

2.The train was an angry animal roaring down the tracks.

His room was a junk pile.

Explanation: His room was really messy.

Train was speeding down the tracks.

Explanation: The train was going really fast.

Simile:A figure of speech involving the

comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

1.The water in the lake was like liquid ice.

2.You know a dream is like a river ever changing as it flows.

The water in the lake was like liquid ice.

Explanation: Lake was frozen.

You know a dream is like a river ever changing as it flows.

Explanation: Dreams always change.

Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or

closely connected words.

1. His dark eyes dared with danger.

2. Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

His dark eyes dared with danger.

Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

Onomatopoeia:The use of such words for

rhetorical effect. 1. The bacon was sizzling in the frying

pan.

2. The wood crackled as it burned in the fire.

The bacon was sizzling in the frying pan.

The wood crackled as it burned in the fire.

Personification:A figure intended to represent an

abstract quality.

1. The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.

2. The hungry waves grabbed our sand castle and pulled it into the foamy sea.

The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.

Explanation: The buzzer went off.

The hungry waves grabbed our sand castle and pulled it into the foamy sea.

Explanation: Sand Castle got washed away by the waves .

Hyperbole:Exaggerated statements or claims

not meant to be taken literally.

1. I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

2. There are millions of other things to do.

Explanation: Super Hungry.

Explanation: There are millions of other things to do.

Explanation: Lots of other things to do then sign papers.