Basketball Figurative Language (2024)

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What's a simile for basketball? ›

Simile. The basketball was like a jack hammer hitting the ground. I'm comparing a basketball and a jack hammer.

The sentence 'The basketball player was as tall as the Empire State Building' is using figurative language known as a hyperbole.

Figurative language is a form of expression that uses nonliteral meanings to convey a more abstract meaning or message. There are many types, including: similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperboles, and personification.

Alliteration. "The net sang,as the ball went in the hoop."

Basketball Idioms

slam dunk — Generally, something that is very good (“This idea is a slam dunk”). buzzer beater — Something accomplished at the last possible moment. In basketball, it's when the ball gets through the net right before the buzzer announces the end of the quarter.

Metaphorical relations that come out of the constitutive rule-governed nature of sport include “foul,” “fair,” “in the ballpark,” “extra innings,” “from the word go,” “tackle,” “score,” “no holds barred,” “down for the count,” and “level playing field” (13).

Personification is giving traits or characteristics of organisms to non-living things. Another example: The basketball jumped into the hoop. basketballs can't jump.

ka-thump, bong, bounce, and probably boing.

Personification Examples in Everyday Language

The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture. The flowers danced to the wind. My clothes stood so erect as if someone had ordered them to stay in attention, as soon as I had ironed them. I felt like the food kept calling me.

Types of Figurative Language:

Metaphor Paradox. Alliteration Litotes. Personification Oxymoron. Onomatopoeia Synecdoche. Hyperbole Symbolism.

What are the 12 types of figurative language and examples? ›

Bloop, like bling, is a kind of onomatopoeia, to which sports have made many great contributions: Swish (for a made basket) and swoosh (for the Nike logo) and swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh (for the sound West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins makes when walking in his nylon tracksuit.)

Many of the ancient Roman poet's writings from around 60 BCE reminisce about a once-passionate love. Using anthropomorphism, Bryant bemoans of basketball, “You asked for my hustle / I gave you my heart.” The slight alliteration of “hustle” and “heart” really emphasizes the connection Bryant and his basketball have.

Simile. "The baseball flew into sight like a falling meteor." I am comparing how fast the baseball came to the ground to the speed of a meteor falling to earth.

It is a team sport that involves two teams of five active players each trying to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 300 cm (10 feet) high hoop (the 'basket') under organised rules. It is played on both indoor and outdoor courts.