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Fun with Figures of Speech Activities

Engaging practice exercises for similes, metaphors, hyperboles, onomatopoeias, alliteration, personification, and idioms. Improve language skills with these creative comparisons and expressions. Perfect for learners of all ages.

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Fun with Figures of Speech Activities

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  1. By Austin Evans and Damarius Mosley 9/19/11 Figurative Language

  2. Simile • Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things. • He is free as a bird.

  3. Metaphor • Metaphor-comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else. • She has a heart of gold.

  4. Hyperbole • Hyperbole-using exaggeration to make a point. • Her brain is the size of a pea.

  5. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia-sound word. The door bell ding when I pushed it.

  6. Alliteration • Alliteration-repetition of beginning sound. • The bumble bee buzz around town.

  7. Personification • Personification-giving human qualities to something not human. • The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.

  8. Idiom • Idiom-a well known expression that does not mean what it says. • Baker’s dozen

  9. Practice problems • 1.Beating around the bush. • 2. He got tons of money. • 3. The bee buzz • 4.He is fast as lighting. • 5.Ideas are wings • 6.The sun smiled at me as I walk bye. • 7.The bee buzz around the busy town.

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