High School Figurative Language

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• compares two similar things

• tells what a person is doing

Identify the simile

• I like apples.
• Apples taste sweet.
• You're the apple of my eye.
• This apple is as sweet as candy.

what is a metaphor

• ^{is when someone compares you to something without saying like}

• when you say a hint to someone

• when you compare with someone saying like

• I don´t know

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.

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

• simile
• metaphor

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

• simile
• metaphor

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.

• Synonym

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

Denotation is a word's ____________.

• Literal, dictionary definition

• Emotional meaning

• Diction

• Mood

Mood refers to...

• The definition of words used in a text

• The choices an author makes in a text

• Relating to a text

• The emotional setting of a text