With Privileged Glimpses Into The Human Heart Figurative Language – Flashcards

Definition: The repetition of a beginning consonant sound for effect Examples: Tiny Tommy Tucker traded tables with Timmy Turner twice on Tuesday. The lovely lady looked lonely. Bees buzzed busily. Dark and dreary days are depressing. Delicate daisies danced. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

Definition: An exaggeration or overstatement Examples: The teacher repeated the answer 5 million times in one class period. We ate mile-high ice cream cones. I could sleep for a year. This book weighs a ton. You snore louder than a freight train.

Definition: An expression that, if taken literally, means something other than figuratively Examples: It is raining cats and dogs. You are driving me up the wall. Break a leg. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. I have butterflies in my stomach. We are all in the same boat. You have a green thumb. She is skating on thin ice.

Definition: A comparison of two unlike ideas NOT using "like" or "as" Examples: The boy's stomach is a bottomless pit. Ben is an encyclopedia. Her hair is a golden waterfall. My swing is a rocket to the moon.

Definition: Words that represent sounds (such as crackle, tick-tock, hiss, and roar) Examples: The firecracker went ka-boom! Ding dong! We heard the doorbell. The burning wood hissed and crackled. Other examples: beep, click, whoosh, swish, zap, zing, ping, clang, hum, boom, munch, gobble, crunch, pow, smash, wham, quack, meow, oink, and tweet.

Definition: To give animals and inanimate objects human characteristics Examples: The sun smiled down on me. The car engine coughed and sputtered. The snow whispered as it fell to the ground. The swimming pool invited me to jump in. The moon peeked over the treetops. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds. The sky was full of dancing stars.

Definition: A comparison of two unlike ideas using the words "like" or "as" Examples: Brian turned as white as a sheet when he heard the bad news. The football player looked as big as a bus. That teacher has eyes like a hawk. These cookies taste like garbage. She sings like an angel.