Figurative Language

Figurative Language

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• all the meanings, associations, or emotions a word suggests

• the literal meaning of a word

• uses figures of speech; cannot be interpreted literally

simile

• compares two mostly unlike things saying one is the other

• gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, etc.

• extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point

• compares two things that are unlike, often with LIKE or AS

simile - Example

• Soldiers are as brave as lions.

• The sky misses the sun at night.

• Cat got your tongue?

• She was living her life in chains.This is a wrong answer She was living her life in chains.

metaphor

• a combination of contradictory words

• compares two things that are unlike using LIKE or AS

• compares two mostly unlike things by saying one is the other

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc.

metaphor - Example

• Cat got your tongue?

• The English assignment was a breeze.

• Soldiers are as brave as lions.

• jumbo shrimp

personification

• gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, etc.

• compares two mostly unlike things by saying one is the other

• a combination of contradictory words

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc.

personification - Example

• Cat got your tongue?

• The English assignment was a breeze.

• The sky misses the sun at night.

• Soldiers are as brave as lions.

hyperbole

• a combination of contradictory words

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc.

• compares two things that are unlike using LIKE or AS

• extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point

hyperbole - Example

• Soldiers are as brave as lions.

• The sky misses the sun at night.

• Cat got your tongue?

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

idiom

• a combination of contradictory words

• compares two things that are unlike using LIKE or AS

• common words, phrases, or expressions you cannot take literally

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, etc.