Figurative Language

Figurative Language

by Caylee Monahon

​Simile

• Definition: compares 2 different things using like or as

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​Ex: She walked like a penguin.

​Metaphor

​Definition: compares 2 different things

​ex: she is a race car

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​The sentence is comparing a girl to a race car which is telling us that she is fast

​Simile and Metaphor

​A simile compares 2 different things using like or as

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​A metaphor compares 2 different things; It does NOT use LIKE OR AS

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​Simile ex: She smiles as bright as the sun.

​Metaphor ex: Life is a highway

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​Now let's move on to Personification and idioms!

​Personification

​Definition: giving objects human-like characteristics

​Ex: The leaf danced in the wind.

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​Ex: The trees swayed to the music the crickets were making.

​ Idioms

​Definition: means something different from its literal meaning

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​Ex: This cost an arm and a leg!

​Literal meaning: It's so expensive!

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​Ex: It's raining cats and dogs!

​Literal meaning: It is raining so hard!

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