Figurative Language

Figurative language is a way of using words to create a special meaning or effect, often by comparing things or describing them in a creative way.

Personification is a type of figurative language where non-human things are given human qualities or characteristics.

The tree invited us to come and play.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

I am as sleepy as a hibernating bear.

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

The jet zoomed across the sky!

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Time is a thief.

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.