Figurative Language. Words that create images using language that has deeper meaning than what the...

Figurative Language

Figurative Language

• Words that create images using language that has deeper meaning than what the actual words express.

• There are several types of figurative language:

Types of Figurative Language

Simile

Words that compare two unlike things using like or as.

SimileHappy as a pig in mud.

Metaphor

A comparison of two unlikely things that actually do have something in common (without using like or as).

Metaphor

A blanket of snow covered the street.

Metaphor

Her laughter was music to my ears.

Metaphor

He is a shady character.

Metaphor

Life is a highway.

Metaphor

You are the apple of my eye.

MetaphorA typical teenager’s room is a

warzone!

Personification

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.

The sun peeked happily behind the cloud.

Personification

The trees danced in the wind.

Personification

The car squealed happily down the highway.

Personification

The angry sky roared and threw lightning around.

Personification

The gentle wind softly kissed my cheeks.

Onomatopoeia

Words that are sounds.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

An extremeexaggeration

Figure of Speech

• An expression in which words are used in unusual or non-literal ways to create vivid or dramatic effects, including humor.

Figure of Speech

Figure of Speech

Figure of Speech

Burning the candle at both ends.

Figure of Speech

Figure of Speech

A fair weather friend.

Idioms

Words or phrases that cannot be taken literally.

IdiomHe had his head in the sand.

Idiom

It’s raining cats and dogs out there!

Idiom

Don’t cry over spilt milk!

Idiom

The early bird gets the worm.

Idiom

You’re barking up the wrong tree.

Idiom

Don’t put the cart before the horse.