Figurative Language

Idiom

• When the words in the phrase do not mean literally what they say. It is describing or saying something in a creative way.

• A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis.

• A phrase that has a specific meaning different from the individual words.

• A common saying that is always taken literally.

Simile

• Compare two unlike things

• A direct comparison between two things

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A phrase that describes something in a non-literal way

Key words used in similes

• Like or as

• Than

• More than

• Similar to

This is NOT part of the original topic.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• She is not a good friend because she is two faced and will stab you in the back!

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

If I eat one more thing, I will explode.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Pride in symbolism

• Proudly saluting the flag.

• Waving a white flag of surrender.

• Ignoring national symbols.

• Burning the flag in protest.

The soldiers all stood soberly as the anthem was played. They proudly saluted the flag as it waved briskly in the wind.  Flag = freedom

• Symbol

• Emblem

• Token

• Representation

Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
this is

• Extended Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Shut your face! 

• Idiom

• Proverb

• Metaphor

• Simile