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Figurative Language
What Is Figurative Language?
• Devices in writing to make it more interesting to the reader.
• Creates a more vivid picture in the reader’s mind.
Types of Figurative Language
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Symbol
Similes
A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”.
Examples of Similes
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Dark as night.
Her eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky.
METAPHOR
• A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
• To compare using am, is, are, was, and were.
Examples of Metaphors
The test was a piece of cake.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human objects,
animals, places, or ideas.
Examples of Personification
The trees waved at me.
The dog smiled at me.
The cake called my name.
Hyperbole
• An exaggeration for effect
• Stretching the truth to make it interesting.
Examples of Hyperbole
I’ve told you a million times to clean your room.
She left a list of chores a mile long.
Onomatopoeia
The use of words that imitate sounds.
Examples of Onomatopoeia
Buzz
Hiss
Ping
Alliteration
The repetition of similar consonant sounds, often at the
beginning of words.
Examples of Alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Mara makes meatloaf with her mom, Marchelle.
SYMBOL
A symbol is a word or image that stands for
something else.
Examples of Symbols
A red rose = love
The eagle = United States
Dove = peaceSkull and crossbones = poison
PERSONIFICATION
REVIEW
Grandma slept like a baby.
SIMILE
A black rose = death
Symbol
Zip! Pow! Bang!
Onomatopoeia
Daisies stand up on their tiptoes.
Personification
Jack jumped for joy when the jam started.
Alliteration
The hot sauce was a flaming ball of fire in my mouth.
Metaphor