Figurative+Language

Click here to another Figurative Language Site Figurative Language Baseball (click picture)  Simile A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words __**like**__ or __**as**__.
 * Example:** //She was as pale as a lump of sugar.//

 Metaphor A comparison of two different things that **__does not use__** like or as. One thing **is** another.
 * Example:** The teacher was a mother hen gathering the students together.

 Personification Giving things that aren't human the personalities and actions of humans. Giving something human characteristics.
 * Example:** The wind whistled its happy tune.

 Alliteration The repeating of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words that are next to or near each other.
 * Example:** Slimy slugs slither slowly down the sidewalk.

 Idiom A saying whose meaning can't be understood from the individual words in it. The meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words used. SITES:
 * Example:** I've been in the doghouse ever since I forgot to do the dishes.
 * What do these idioms mean**: http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz49mjc.htm
 * Food Idioms:** http://a4esl.org/q/h/id-lb-food.html


 * Baseball Idioms in the real world:** @http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz74mpt.htm


 * Strange Expressions:** @http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/km-strange.html


 * List of Idioms**: @http://www.idiomsite.com/

SITES for expressions/proverbs **:** http://iteslj.org/cw/2/vm-bodyexp.html

Unscramble these proverbs: @http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/wo-proverbs.html

 Hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration.
 * Example:** My cat weighs a ton! I could eat a horse.

 Onomatopoeia Words that are invented to imitate real sounds.
 * Examples:** bang, brrrr, clang, ding, beep