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Figurative Language - 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbV81Ilq0I - Figurative language - Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvpLdM-3mTc - Figurative Language - Disney Mash Up
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.
Simile
A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
Example: busy as a bee
Metaphor
The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.
Example: You are what you eat.
Personification
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug. The pencil danced across the page.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters.
Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Example: snap crackle pop
Hyperbole
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
Idioms
According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.
Example: Don't let the cat out of the bag.
http://www.idiomsite.com/ - Examples
Clichés
A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring.
Example: Many hands make light work. Show me the money!
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson79/figresource.pdf - Definitions
Some Types of Figurative Language
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson79/figresource.pdf
Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a phrase (Robbie saw rabbits resting by roses.)
Hyperbole: An exaggeration (That building can touch the clouds.) Idiom: An expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in kick the bucket or under the weather.
Irony: The opposite of what is meant. Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things that suggests a similarity between the two items. (Love is a rose.)
Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like what they are. (POP! BAM! Slosh)
Personification: Making an inanimate object or animal act like a person
Puns: A word or words, which are formed or sounded alike, but have different meaning; to have more than one possible meaning. (Using that pencil is pointless.)
Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as" (She sings like an angel.)
Figurative Language Song - School Tube
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Video+Figurative+Language&FORM=VIRE7#view=detail&mid=CF31BA757B46501157B7CF31BA757B46501157B7
http://www.kidskonnect.com/component/content/article/20-language-arts/343-figurative-language.html - Figurative Language Definitions & Examples
http://www.missspott.com/figurativelanguage.html - Figurative Language Info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50_yNQLj5c - Figurative Language Video
https://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_literary_devices_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm - Interactive Sites for Figurative Language
http://www.sturgeon.k12.mo.us/elementary/numphrey/subjectpages/languagearts/figuresofspeech.html - Figurative Language
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-interactive-quiz.htm - Figurative Language - 10 Question Quiz
http://www.spellingcity.com/figurative-language.html - Figurative Language WS
http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/1254?locale=en - Figurative Language - E Themes
http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/623 - Figurative Language
http://www.k12reader.com/boost-reading-comprehension-with-literary-devices/ - Literary Devices
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_literary_devices_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm - Literary Device Resources
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/fling3.html - Fling the Teacher
http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaFigurativeLanguageBaseball.swf - Figurative Language Baseball
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Curriculum/Literary/Literary%20Special%20Effects.html - Literary Fun - Figurative Language
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/similesandmetaphors/preview.weml - Brain Pop
IDIOMS
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/idioms.asp - Idioms
http://mrnussbaum.com/idioms-for-kids/ - Mr. Nussbaum - Interactive Idioms
http://www.kaumualii.k12.hi.us/Support/Library/idioms/idioms.swf - Idiom Quiz
http://www.idiomsbykids.com/taylor/mrtaylor/stories/meaningspicturessentencelistnottableform.html - Idiom Stories with Activities
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/ - Idiom Games
http://www.cccoe.net/social/SAIdiomintro.htm - Idiom Activities
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/ - EYE on IDIOMS - Interactive
http://www.quia.com/jg/66234.html - Idiom Games
http://www.lexington1.net/technology/instruct/lessons/elementary/heart/heartidioms.pdf - Heart Idioms
http://www.idiomconnection.com/heart.html - Idioms about the Heart
http://www.idiomsbykids.com/taylor/mrtaylor/stories/valentines/valentines.html - Heart Idiom Story
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/idioms/index.html - Eye on Idioms
Simile
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/sgoldstein1/similesmetaphors.cfm - Similes & Metaphors
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/simile.html - Simile - Examples & Practice
PERSONIFICATION
Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. It is the opposite of a metaphor but is very similar. In the arts, personification means representing a non-human thing as if it were human.
http://kellie-hayden.suite101.com/personification-lesson-a51004 - Personification - Examples
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification.html - Personification Examples
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification-for-kids.html - Personification Examples for Kids
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/figurative-language-examples/personification-examples/ - Personification Examples
http://reviewgamezone.com/games/supershooter/index.php?1635 - Super Shooter Personification Review Game
https://www.quia.com/pop/280862.html - Quia - Simile, Metaphor, Personification
https://www.quia.com/rr/293254.html - Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyberbole Rags to Riches
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification-for-kids.html - Personification for Kids
Ononmatopoeia
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/rdg/onomatopoeiahelp.html - ononmatopoeia
Hyperbole
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/hyperbole.htm - Hyperbole
Alliteration
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm - 26 Examples of Alliteration
Sound Alike Words
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/3_4/alpine/alpine.htm - Alpine Ski Lodge - Game
Identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in context
Links verified on 3/28/2012 - Internet4Classrooms.com
A Fun Way to Teach Similes - a lesson idea from Bruce Lansky 
- All About Alliteration - (3rd-5th) Responding to Literature Through a Poetry Link - a lesson plan from Read.Write.Think

- Circus Builder - Gather up acts for a three-ring circus by finding matching vowel sounds. Select the word that has the same vowel sound as the given word. (rhyming words)

- Do you know your similes? - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
- Examples of Alliteration - sound files from movies and political speeches

- Figurative Language Baseball - Batter Up! pick the correct figurative term.

- Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
- Idioms - an interactive activity requiring students to type and then print their work

- Idiom - choose a theme and a game option

- Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards

Metaphor Lists - a selection of metaphors by category, complete with sample usage and interpretation7
- Metaphor Battleship Quiz - Quia quiz using the Battleship game format

- Metaphor Quiz - a five-question quiz at Quia
- Metaphor Quiz - a ten-question quiz at Quia
- Metaphor Quiz to print

- Metaphor Quiz - drag words to complete the metaphor (you have one minute to finish)

- Metaphors - worksheet

- Personifications, Alliterations, Onomatopoeias, Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Oxymorons, Puns - a matching or flash card review game at Quia.

Poetic Devices - a classroom sign about the forms of poetic devices 

- Poetry Terms - Match the terms with the examples recognizing the sounds of language
- Poetry Writing Practice - worksheet on forms of language


- Rags to Riches - Analogies, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, & Simile - a two person quiz game at Quia.

- Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Euphemism, Onomatopoeia - six word play quizzes, each has five examples to categorize Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 | Quiz 6
- Simile lesson with a printable quiz

- Similes and Metaphors - Identify the comparison in each sentence as a simile or a metaphor [ignore the email address blank].
- Twenty Six examples of Alliteration - one per letter of the alphabet

- Welcome to Alpine Ski Lodge - For each given word, you will be given a list of three words and asked to select the one with the same vowel sound as the letter pair (in red) in the given word. (rhyming words)

- Wartime Poetry: Working With Similes - analyzes a photograph and brainstorms words to describe the characters' senses and feelings

- Wizards and Pigs: Episode I Poetry Pickle - students identify rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsU66UfDzrA - Katy Perry's Firework Song - ID examples of Figurative Language
http://www.schooltube.com/video/25f94ead46f194e665a4/ - School Tube - Figurative Language
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDNCdb3vSE - Figurative Language RAP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tapwmGtZk4E - Figurative Language in Song Lyrics
Symbolism
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/symbolism.htm - Symbolism
Oxymoron -a figure of speech that contains 2 normally contradictary terms (fine mess, almost always, found missing)
What does the lumberjack do with a tree after he cuts it down? He cuts it up! This is an oxymoron. Oxymorons are contradiction of terms. Using terms like “crash landing” or “jumbo shrimp” can make learning oxymorons fun and interesting. Put opposite items together to form common everyday terms.
Examples: Jumbo Shrimp, Paid Volunteer, Alone Together, Pretty Ugly
http://www.funenglishgames.com/funstuff/oxymorons.html - Oxymoron List
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/match-and-make-oxymorons/ - Oxymoron Game
http://www.fun-with-words.com/oxymora.html - Oxymorons
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/match-and-make-oxymorons/ - Oxymoron Match
http://www.k12reader.com/figurative-language/oxymoron_match.pdf - Oxymoron Match Worksheet
http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/oxymoron/unreal-meaning-oxymorons/11641 - Oxymoron Match
Toll Free
Positively Negative
Nothing Much
Bad Luck
Still Moving
Jumbo Shrimp
Dull Roar
Alone in a Crowd
Single Pair,
Restless Sleep
Good Grief
Never Again
Awfully Nice
Sound of Silence
Old News
Sweet Pickle
Ill Fortune
Front End
Daily Special
Running Idle
Onomatopoeia - Sound Words

Games
https://web.archive.org/web/20140617162422/http://eclassroom.110mb.com/3rd%209%20weeks%20web/Figlang1.swf - Grade or No Grade - Figurative Language
http://www.classtools.net/mob/quiz_4/FaicS.htm - Choose Your Figurative Language Game
http://reviewgamezone.com/games/supershooter/index.php?871&title=Figurative%20Language - Basketball Review Game - Figurative Language
http://reviewgamezone.com/games/superhitter/index.php?1634&title=Figurative+Language - Baseball
http://reviewgamezone.com/games/supershooter/index.php?871&title=Figurative%20Language - Basketball
http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/fling3.html - Fling the Teacher
http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html - Hangman - Figures of Speech
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/wiznpigs/wiznpigs.html - Poetry Pickle Game - Figurative Language
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Jan201003/game1263871251.php - Jeopardy
http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaFigurativeLanguageBaseball.swf - Figurative Language Baseball
http://www.quia.com/rr/303670.html - Rags to Riches - Alliteration, Simile, etc
http://www.quia.com/jg/611264.html - Figurative Language - Flash Card Review
http://www.quia.com/quiz/449371.html - Figurative Language Quiz
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/figurative_language_language_arts_eighth_8th_grade.htm - 8th Grade - Figurative Language
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_figurative_language_language_arts_seventh_7th_grade.htm - 7th Grade - Figurative Language
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_figurative_words_and_phrases_language_arts_sixth_6th_grade.htm - 6th Grade - Figurative Language
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_figurative_language_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm - 5th Grade - Figurative Language
PowerPoints & Videos
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/3086-446091-figurative-language/ - Figurative Language PPT - Interactive
Figurative Language Online Quizzes & Games
http://www.mrspeace.com/figurative-language-games.html - Figurative Language Games
http://www.spellingcity.com/figurative-language.html - Figurative Language Games
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-interactive-quiz.htm - Figurative Language Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/figurative_language/quiz3369.html - Quiz
http://www.gamequarium.com/figurativelanguage.html - Figurative Language Games
http://www.eisd.net/Page/15288 - Figurative Language Games & Interactives - Las Palmas Elementary School
http://www.quia.com/cb/501472.html - Figurative Language Jeopardy
http://www.quia.com/jfc/611264.html - Figurative Language QUIA Quiz
http://www.quia.com/pages/havefun.html - Analogies, Synonyms, Word Knowledge, etc. QUIA
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/match-and-make-oxymorons/ - Oxymorons
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz105401c133c0.html - Oxymorons - Quiz
http://www.sporcle.com/games/MSUKent/mixed-word-oxymorons - Oxymoron Game
https://ams.usd385.org/287579_4 - Figurative Language Games
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