Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered'.

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What is a metaphor?

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

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like saying 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, like 'it's raining cats and dogs'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is an example of personification?

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An example of personification is 'the flowers danced in the breeze'.

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What is an example of a metaphor?

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An example of a metaphor is 'the classroom was a zoo'.

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What is an example of a simile?

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An example of a simile is 'her smile was like sunshine'.