Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• A comparison that uses like or as

• A direct comparison

• A word that means the same as another word

• A word that ends in "-ing"

David in the video gave you two examples of a metaphor. Give an example of your own metaphor.

Choose the example of personification.

• The flower begged for water.

• Juliet is the sun.

• Don't go chasing waterfalls.

• His love was like a rollercoaster.

Choose an example of hyperbole.

• There are a million assignments this week.

• I hate Miss Dalal with the fire of a thousand suns.

• It's like 100 degrees in January.

• What is a name? It is neither hand nor foot.

Create your own allusion.