Figurative Language

​Objective

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I can identify and determine the meaning of figurative language in a text.

​Figurative vs. Literal Language

​Writers use figurative language to express ideas in a way that isn't literal.

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​Words can mean one thing literally, and another think figuratively.

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​Example

​"Oh my gosh! If we don't go to lunch soon, I'm going to starve to death!

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​Literal =

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​Figurative =

Multiple Choice

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

"This winter has been the coldest one that I can remember."

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

"Marco is going to get as big as a house if he doesn't stop eating junk food!"

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

"I am very excited to get my driver's license next summer! How much money will I need to save so that I can buy a new car?"

• Literal

• Figurative

Multiple Choice

Read the text below. Is it an example of LITERAL or FIGURATIVE language?

"My mother has told me to clean my room a gazillion times today!"

• Literal

• Figurative

​Figurative language makes ideas easier to understand!

​Simlie

​A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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​Examples

​Her eyes were like stars.

​Susan is as gentle as a kitten.

​HIs dance moves were smooth like butter.

Metaphor

​A comparison of unlike things without like/as

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​Examples

​Her eyes were sparkling diamonds.

​He's a lion when he fights.

My love is a red,red rose.​

Multiple Choice

Identify the simile

• I like apples.

• Apples taste sweet.

• You're the apple of my eye.

• This apple is as sweet as candy.

Multiple Choice

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.

• My heart is a muscle.

• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.

• My heart is like a muscle.

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor: My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor: My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile

• metaphor

Hyperbole

​An exaggeration that cannot be true.

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​Examples

​We walked a million miles on our field trip.

​This bag weighs a ton.

​Her smile was a mile wide.

Personification

​Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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​Examples

​The sun smiled down on the children.

​The flowers danced in the breeze.

​The wind whispered through the trees.

Alliteration

​Repetition of consonant sounds.

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​Examples

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

​Rubber baby buggy bumbers.

​She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Onomatopoeia

Sound words.

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​Examples

A car whooshed by my house.

​The plane zoomed through the clouds.

​The snake hissed at the man.

Idiom

A group of words whose meaning isn't literal.

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​Examples

It's raining cats and dogs.

​It ain't over until the fat lady sings.

​It's a piece fo cake.

Oxymoron

A phrases made of opposite terms.

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​Examples

His favorite instrument is the baby grand piano.

​They're coming... act natural!

​He's going to climb down the ladder.

Multiple Choice

On the way up north to the cabin, the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.  This is an example of: 

• personification

• metaphor 

• simile

Multiple Choice

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 

• Simile 

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia 

Multiple Choice

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of 

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• The 4th of July

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

​After you identify figurative language you want should be able to determine what it means. 

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this figurative language? "We'll keep dancing 'til we die."

• We will keep dancing for as long as we want to.

• We will dance forever.

• We will keep dancing until we die.

• We will dance for 5 minutes.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this figurative language? "Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street."

• Loving the boy is like loving your car.

• The relationship is going to have a bad ending.

• The relationship is a lot of fun.

• Love is choosing a new car.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this figurative language?
"I have loved you for a thousand years. . . And I'll love you for a thousand more."

• I have lived a thousand years.
• I don't love you.
• I have loved you before.
• I have loved you for a long time and will continue to love you.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this figurative language?
"You are as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."

• He is rude and unpleasant.
• He is joyful.
• He is prickly and slimy.
• He is compassionate.

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

Multiple Choice

What's the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry. 

• She spits when she talks.