Figurative Figurative LanguageLanguage

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Simile• A figure of speech

involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.

Simile Example

• He felt so good; it was as though he was on top of the world.

Metaphor• A comparison between

essentially unlike things without a word such as like or as.

Metaphor Example

• She was a cheetah on the race track; No runner could catch up to her.

Imagery• An image is language that describes

something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.

• The images in a literary work are referred to, when considered together, as the work’s imagery.

Imagery Example

• The sun’s beams shimmered and danced on the ocean’s gentle waves.

• (sight image)

Personification• The endowment of

inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities.

PersonificationExample

• The yellow leaves played happily with each other in the wind.

Foreshadowing

• Hints at what is to come in the story.

ForeshadowingExample

• Whitney and Rainsford discuss what it must feel like to be hunted.

Hyperbole

• A figure of speech using exaggeration.

HyperboleExample

• The boring English class lasted a thousand years.

What is Symbolism? • Any object, person, experience that means more

than what it is.• EXAMPLE: A red rose is a symbol of love.• Miss Vasquez symbolizes everything that is

FANTASTIC! Just Kidding!• What is Mood? • The emotional quality or atmosphere, that a writer

creates in a story (by use of language, details, etc).• EXAMPLES: Scary movies have a certain mood. • What is the mood of Romeo and Juliet?

What is Theme? • The overall message that can be applied to life. • EXAMPLE: The theme of Kaffir Boy is that “an

education can open doors where none seem to exist”

• What is Personification? • When you give something that is non-human

human qualities.• EXAMPLE: The flowers danced in the wind.

What is Conflict? • The struggle between opposite forces (between

characters, nature, society, fate).

• External Conflict: Struggle with outside forces• Internal Conflict: Struggle w/in character’s

mind.• EXAMPLE: Mark Mathabane’s external;

conflict is with his father and his internal conflict deals with the issue of going to school.

Be Better Writers!

•Use figurative language whenever you can.