Figurative Language

Figurative Language

What is the difference between "literal" and "figurative" language?

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

"My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.” — Forrest Gump

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

Listening to my cat purr was as sweet as sugar.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

When my son got his flu shot he was a brave lion and did not shed a tear.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The cafeteria pizza was a soggy, droopy piece of cardboard.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Simile vs. Metaphor

• Both are comparisons, but

• A simile compares two unlike things using the word "like" or "as"

• A metaphor does not use the word "like" or "as."

Personification

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

• So...What is the effect of the use of personification in "the wind whispered through the trees" versus "the shrieking wind tore through the trees"?

Literal vs. Figurative

• Literal: the actual meaning of the word. (ex: there was a breeze)

• Figurative: phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.

• How does using figurative language make your writing more interesting?

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

Every morning, my alarm yells at me to wake up.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

I slept like a log last night.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Commonly used expressions called "idioms" are often figurative language.

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• It's a piece of cake.

• Can you think of an idiom?

Alliteration

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Ok, let's hear some barnyard noises...

• oink

• moo

• baa, baa

• cluck

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

Please silence your cell phone so that it does not beep during class.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

Francis is going to a fish fry on Friday.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The sun is a yellow ball of fire.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used here?

The stairs groaned as I walked on them.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Assignment

Pick a common object (i.e. pencil, paper, computer, paperclip, light switch, table, chair, shoe) and write a paragraph describing the object using figurative language. Submit it through Schoology.