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Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Personification,HyperbolePersonification,Hyperbole

What is Figurative Language?

• Figurative Language uses figures of speech to convey unique images and to create some sort of special effect or impression.

• A “figure of speech” is an intentional deviation from the ordinary usage of language.

Examples of Figurative Language I

• Imagery• Similes• Metaphors• Personification• Hyperboles

Image• An image is a word or group of

words that refers to anything that can be perceived through your five senses.

Example: sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell

Imagery• A noun used to refer to a set of

related images in a poem or work of literature or the total images in that wok of literature.

Simile• A type of comparison that uses words such

as like, as resembles, or than.• Similes are easy to spot Examples: “The team’s center looked like a

skyscraper.” “My love is like a red , red, rose.” “We were as quiet as frightened mice.”

Metaphors• A metaphor is a type of comparison

with using like, as, or than. • A metaphor is a direct comparison• Instead of say one this is like another,

a metaphor will say that one this is or was another.

Example: “My brother is a prince.” “Razorback stadium was a slaughterhouse.”

Personification• Personification is a type of figurative

language in which non-human things are given human characteristics or qualities.

Example: “The flowers dance in the wind.” “The sun smiled down upon us.” “An angry wind slashed its way across the island.”

Hyperbole• A hyperbole is a form of figurative

language which uses intentional exaggeration or overstating often for dramatic or humorous effect.

Example: “I feel a flood of tears coming on.” “I needed a pickup truck to carry all of my homework.”

Uses of Figurative Language

• Since many examples of figurative language are found in poetry . Being able to understand their interpretations are necessary.

Review –Figurative Language

• Read the sentences. Write the first letter of the type of figurative language used in each sentence.

• Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification• _____ 1. The wind whistled through the trees.• _____ 2. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.• _____ 3. She was as quiet as a mouse.• _____ 4. I have told you a million times.• _____ 5. His face was an open book.• _____ 6. He is as strong as an ox.• _____ 7. The stars looked down from the sky.• _____ 8. Her smile is a ray of bright sunshine.• _____ 9. His bedroom is a pig’s sty.• _____10. She was pretty as a picture in her new dress.

• Fill in the blanks to complete the comparisons.• It is as cold as

_____________________________________________________.• She is as smart as a

________________________________________________.• His backpack was as heavy as a

______________________________________.• She is as old as

____________________________________________________.• It was as hot

as____________________________________________________.•

• Give the meaning of the metaphor.• The animal’s eyes were embers in the dark night.

___________________________________________________________________• From the mountaintop view people below appeared to be ants.

___________________________________________________________________• He was a rock throughout the terrible ordeal.

___________________________________________________________________• Complete the following for each sentence.• The tree branches grabbed at him as he ran through the forest.• The nonhuman ______________ is given the human characteristic or action of• ___________________________________________________________________.• The sun chased the clouds away.• The nonhuman _____________ is given the human characteristic or action of• ____________________________________________________________________.

• Fill in the blanks to complete the comparisons.• It is as cold as

_____________________________________________________.• She is as smart as a

________________________________________________.• His backpack was as heavy as a

______________________________________.• She is as old as

____________________________________________________.• It was as hot

as____________________________________________________.•