Figurative Language

Figurative Language

In this lesson we will cover...

• Similes

• Metaphors

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Figurative Language

Figurative language is not supposed to be taken literally/seriously. It's another way writers add description to their writing.

Similes

A comparison between 2 different things using the words "like" or "as"

Similes

• My love is as deep as the ocean.

• She's built like a rock.

• His heart is as black as coal.

Multiple Choice

What 2 things are being compared in this simile?

Last night, I slept like a log.

• night / slept

• I / slept

• I / log

Multiple Choice

What 2 things are being compared in this simile?

This house is as clean as a whistle.

• house / clean

• whistle / clean

• house / whistle

Metaphors

A comparison between 2 different things by saying one is the other.

Metaphors

• Her eyes were diamonds.

• His words cut deeper than a knife.

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?

No man is an island.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?

Love is a battlefield.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?

Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Personification

Giving human traits to something nonhuman.

Personification

• Cars

• Peely from Fortnite

Hyperbole

An exaggeration

Hyperbole

• Her brain is the size of a pea.

• I’ve told you to clean your room a million times!

• If I can’t buy that perfect prom dress, I’ll die!

Now we will test to see what you understand.

Multiple Choice

__________ are a type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as".

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

__________ are a type of figurative language that are exaggerations.

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

__________ are a type of figurative language that give human traits to nonhuman things.

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

__________ are a type of figurative language that compares two things by saying one thing is something else.

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"Math is like a puzzle that never ends."

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"The car went faster than the speed of light. "

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"His new car cost a bazillion dollars. "

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"The thunder grumbled like an old man. "

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option:

"Hope is a thing with feathers."

• similes

• metaphors

• personifications

• hyperboles

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Figurative language is literal. What they say is exactly what they mean.

• True

• False

In this lesson we went over...

• Similes

• Metaphors

• Personification

• Hyperbole