Figurative Language

A comparison that uses "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Imagery

When a person, place or thing is made to seem like it is something else, even though it really isn’t. 

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

An example of a metaphor would be...

• He is a ray of sunshine.

• She has a heart of gold.

• They were frozen like a popsicle.

• He runs as fast as a cheetah.

An example of a simile would be...

• She was as brave as a lion.

• I'm feeling blue.

• She is a diamond in the rough.

• He was quiet like a mouse.

Similes and metaphors are used by authors when they _____.

• can't think of anything else.

• want to describe or explain something in a more creative or interesting way.

• want to make their story longer.