Spelling Lesson #5
Simile *
- Comparing two unlike things with like or as (e.g. “Jacky is as talkative as a chipmunk.”)
Metaphor *
- Comparing two unlike things (e.g. “You are my sunshine.”)
Personification *
- Giving an idea, object or animal a human trait (e.g. My alarm yells at me every morning.”)
Alliteration *
- Same first consonant sound (e.g. “Hungry Harry hates hot dogs”)
Hyperbole *
- Over-exaggerating an idea (e.g. “I’m so hungry I can eat a cow.”)
Assonance
- A vowel rhyme (e.g. men sell the wedding bells)
Oxymoron
- Opposite ideas are joined (e.g. “cruel kindness”)
Onomatopoeia
- Imitates the natural sounds of a thing (e.g. “The buzzing bee flew away.”)
- A commonly used expression that wouldn’t make sense on its own. (e.g. “Break a leg.”)
Irony
- The opposite of its literal meaning, typically for humour (e.g. “A huge pitbull name Tiny”)
For this week's spelling, students must be able to spell the figurative language type correctly, as well as know what it is. In order to get the full mark, students must be able to listen to an example, identify the correct type and spelling it correctly.
Spelling sentences should be examples of each literary device.
