Figurative Language

Figurative Language

11 TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: II-SHAAMPPOO

Literal Language vs. Figurative Language

How to tell the difference?

Literal Language:  

You say exactly what you mean. You make no comparison, and you do not exaggerate or understate the situation.

Figurative Language:  

You DON’T say exactly what you mean. You DO compare, exaggerate, and understate the situation by using similes, metaphors, and other figures of speech to make writing exciting.   

Multiple Choice

Grant sometimes turns in his homework.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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You are driving me up a wall!

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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Half of the class did not complete the homework.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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Markell was so angry that steam came out of his ears.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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My little sister cried when her hamster died.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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I’ve told you a million times to clean up your room.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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Her parents treat her like Cinderella because she never gets to go anywhere and has to clean all the time!

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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Her teeth are like stars because they come out at night.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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The water was rising in the river because of the rain.

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

11 TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Idiom

Irony

Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Allusion

Metaphor

Personification

Pun

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

IDIOM

a group of words whose meaning is considered as a unit different from the meanings of each word considered separately

IRONY

The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an idiom?

• Tim got cold feet before the big game.

• The snowmobile was a rocket through the snow.

• The team members made milkshakes.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of irony?

• The party was as much fun as plucking nose hairs.

• Tom told Timmy the tale of the tiger.

SIMILE

comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

HYPERBOLE

an exaggeration so dramatic that no one could believe it; overstate to emphasize a point.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• I told you a million times to clean your room.

• Your room is as dirty as a gas station restroom.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a simile?

• The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer's body.

• The fighter lost so much weight that he looked as thin as a rail.

PERSONIFICATION

giving human characteristics to things that are not human

ALLITERATION

the repeating of the same letter or

sound, especially consonant sounds including tongue twisters.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of personification?

• The rain kissed my face as it fell.

• Patsy planted and plucked plump plums.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of alliteration?

• He is a rabbit lost in the woods.

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

ALLUSION

brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, literary, or political significance or a reference to pop culture

METAPHOR

comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as”

PUN

a play on words; a funny use of a word or phrase that has multiple meanings or different sounds like another word

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of allusion?

• He makes vague references to Harry Potter being his son.

• Her glasses look like small bottle caps.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• Jane looked as sleek as a panther in her black dress.

• Her eyes are dazzling diamonds lighting up the midnight sky.

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a pun?

• How do construction workers party? They raise the roof.

• Working construction is as hard as figuring out an word problem in algebra.

ONOMATOPOEIA

the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action. Words that sound like what they mean.

OXYMORON

words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite terms are used together

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

• She swims like a shark when she is focused.

• Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.

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Which is an example of an oxymoron?

• The car engine coughed and heaved and then it died.

• The comedian was seriously funny.

Multiple Choice

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

Multiple Choice

The east wind dances along the road.

• PERSONIFICATION

• ALLITERATION

• METAPHOR

• ALLUSION

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A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• PERSONIFICATION

• OXYMORON

• ALLITERATION

• METAPHOR

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The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

• SIMILE

• IDIOM

• ALLITERATION

• OXYMORON

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She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• IDIOM

• HYPERBOLE

• METAPHOR

• OXYMORON

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Her blonde hair shone like the sun.

• PERSONIFICATION

• SIMILE

• IDIOM

• METAPHOR

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Susan suddenly stretched slowly.

• ALLUSION

• ALLITERATION

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

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He thinks he is Romeo when it comes to the ladies!

• METAPHOR

• OXYMORON

• IDIOM

• ALLUSION

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It’s best to bite the bullet and get it done.

• OXYMORON

• ALLUSION

• IDIOM

• PUN

Multiple Choice

Which is is an example of irony?

• "Bang!" went the gun as the race started.

• The golf ball walked gently into the ninth hole.

• We did the project with the enthusiasm of death-row prisoners.

• The sun looked like a fried egg in the sky!

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Why are fish so smart? Because they live in schools.

• PERSONIFICATION

• PUN

• METAPHOR

• SIMILE

Complete the two practice worksheets:

1. Figurative Language

2. Alliteration Examples

*Turn in when you are done. If you don't finish in class, they will be homework and they count as two grades.