Figurative Language Practice

Happy New Year!  Our first week back from the winter break was a busy week!  In writing, we practiced four types of figurative language. 
First we discussed alliteration.  Alliteration is when you write a sentence using words that start with the same letter or the same letter sound.  For example: Dad did a dance downtown.
On Tuesday, we discussed onomatopoeias.  Onomatopoeias are sound words such as boom, crash, and honk. 
On Wednesday, we discussed idioms.  Idioms are phrases that mean something.  They know that I often say "don't spill the beans" if we read a book that they have read before.  The class knows that when I say that then I mean don't spoil the ending to the book. 
On Thursday, we discussed similes.  Similes are when you compare to different things.  For example, I am as crazy as a fox. 

See the projects some of the students in the class did to show figurative language.

This is an idiom book for the idiom "hold your horses."

This idiom "hold your horses" means to slow down.

This is an example of alliteration.

This is another example of alliteration.

  
 

This is the idiom "sly fox."




This is the meaning of the idiom "sly fox."



This is an example of a comic strip filled with onomatopoeias.

This is an example of an onomatopoeia poster.