Hunger Games Figurative Language

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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Example of a metaphor from 'The Hunger Games'.

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'A bed of grass, a soft green pillow' (pg. 234) - compares grass to a pillow.

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Example of a simile from 'The Hunger Games'.

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'His hands are as solid and warm as those loaves of bread' (pg. 33) - compares hands to bread using 'as'.

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Example of personification from 'The Hunger Games'.

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'A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes' (pg. 6) - gives bushes the human ability to protect.

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Example of a simile from 'The Hunger Games'.

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'Right now, it’s silent as a stone' (pg. 5) - compares silence to a stone using 'as'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops' (pg. 16).

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Simile - compares camera crews to buzzards using 'like'.