Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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English 2

What is figurative language?

Using language to go beyond it's literal meaning.

What does figurative language do?

• Add another level of meaning to a text

• Add emotion to a text

• Engage the reader in a text

How many types of figurative language are there?

A lot!

Simile

A simile compares two things using like or as.

She is as pretty as a flower

He is like the ocean

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• During the fire, the firefighter was as brave as a lion.

• I was so hungry yesterday.

• She came in the room as I was leaving.

• He doesn't like to talk about his dog.

Open Ended

Write a simile about this image.

Metaphor

When you compare something WITHOUT using like or as.

She is a beast.

The ocean was a large collection of diamonds.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The empty room was like a black hole.

• She is as happy as a clam.

• You are my sunshine.

Open Ended

Write a metaphor about someone you know.

Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

You've been talking forever.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• You didn't clean your room!

• I've told you to do your homework a million times!

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

Personification

This is when you give a non-human thing human-like characteristics.

The wind whistled through the trees.

The last piece of pie was calling my name.

Open Ended

Write an example of personification about an object sitting near you.

Onomatopoeia

A word that is used to mimic or resemble a sound.

The two boys splashed in the pool.

The birds chirped in the forest.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an onomatopoeia?

• The roller coaster whooshed by.

• The train continued to drive down the tracks.

• The trees danced in the wind.

Allusion

A reference to something else.

Those two kids are like Romeo and Juliet.

Don't act like a Scrooge.

Idiom

An expression that means something typically unrelated to the words themselves. You have to be taught these in order to understand them.

It's raining cats and dogs.

Giving someone the cold shoulder.

Open Ended

Can you think of any idioms that you know or use?

Alliteration

The repetition of the initial consonant sound (usually the first letter).

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

The shun shone strongly through the slippery rocky shore.

REVIEW!

Multiple Choice

Hannah’s home has heat, hopefully.

• Alliteration
• Pun
• Assonance
• Metonymy

Multiple Choice

The lost hiker looked like death when searchers located him.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

Multiple Choice

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

“Danny strolled to the town common, sat on one of the benches in Teenytown and took one of the bottles out of the bag, looking down on it like Hamlet with Yorick's skull” ― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Multiple Choice

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Multiple Choice

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

Multiple Choice

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Multiple Choice

My mom told me to zip my lips. 

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

Multiple Choice

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification
• Idiom
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile