Figurative Language

• Figurative language is language you have to “figure” out.

• Figurative language is not to be read literally.

• For example:

• The embarrassed girl’s cheeks were bright red apples.

Similes

• Similes compare two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.

• For example:– Henry’s eyes were like deep blue oceans.

Metaphors

• Metaphors compare two unlike things implying that they are one in the same. Metaphors do not use the words “like” or “as”.

• For example:– After a day at the beach, the girl’s hair was

brittle straw blowing in the wind.

Personification

• Personification gives non-human things human characteristics.

• For example:– During the storm, the wind howled loudly to

warn us of possible danger.

Idiom

• Idioms are clichés….phrases that are commonly used, but are not meant to be taken literally.

• Example: Break a leg.

Hyperbole

Sound Devices

• Sound devices are also used to create imagery. Sound devices create auditory imagery. Sounds the reader can hear.

Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is a sound device. It allows the reader to hear the sound the word denotes.

*buzz

*pop

*splash

Alliteration

• Alliteration is also a “sound” device.

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound.

• Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.