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Figures of Speech
You can make sentences more interesting by usin g figures of speech. The
following are four popular kinds of figures of speech:
Personification -
gives human characteristics to things Example: The sun touched me w ith its warm fingers. Hyperbole -
great exaggeration Example: She is the happiest person in the universe, Simile -
compares two unlike things using like or as Example: He is as hung ry as a horse, Metaphor -
suggests a c omparison of two unlike things Example: The empty fie ld was a desert, Directions: Underline the figure of speec h in each sentence, Write its nome
o n the line , The first one is done for you ,
I, The wi nd howled as the storm grew closer,
personification
2, The little lady nibbled at her lunch like a bird,
3, Sarah 's little sister was a d oll in her new clothes ,
4, The leader said he w ould never sleep again,
5, The banana cream pie was heaven,
6, We w ere a s busy as bees all d ay long ,
7, His p atience just flew out the window,
8, He said that his life was on open book,
q, The newlyweds are as happy a s two lovebirds,
10, The hea vy fog crept slowly to shore,
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Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is tho usc of wo rd s that sound like the noises they
represent. These words can make writing more interesting to read.
Example: The mac hine clicked and whirred, but it still did not work.
My mother's favorite dish fell to the floor with a crash !
Directions: Draw a line from each word to the pic ture it describes .
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ring-ring
meow
tick-tack
flutter
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q uack
boom
woof
splash
baing
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