5.9- Bell-ringer, Figurative Language

Bell-ringer: Write an original sentence for each word below. Your sentences should be creative, interesting, and at least ten words long.

1.       Sibilance- n. a hissing sound

2.       Solace- n. comfort during a period of grief

3.       Somber- adj. gloomy

4.       Specter- n. a ghost or spirit

5.       Sprightly- adj. lively; vivacious

Figurative Language and Literary Devices

Directions: For each of the examples of figurative language/ literary devices, write an example from one of your independent reading books or literature book; write down the title of the book/story where the example came from. Then write your own example.

Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things that does not use the word “like” or “as.”
Example: Her face was a ray of sunshine

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Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using the word “like” or “as.”
Example: She ran on the track as a gazelle runs on the Serengeti.

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Personification: Giving humanlike qualities to non-human creatures or objects.
Example: With great noise, the birds woke the whole neighborhood with their conversations.

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Alliteration: The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Example: Tiny toddlers tickled the tired tigers.

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Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound associated from this word.
Example: The sizzle of the bacon made our mouths water.

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Hyperbole: exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.
Example: After our trek through the wilderness, we were as hungry as a horse.

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Oxymoron: opposite or opposing terms are placed side by side.
Example: A lover of seafood, my grandpa always orders the jumbo shrimp.

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Idiom: A traditional phrase that does not have a literal meaning.
Example:  For many months, she has felt under the weather.

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