Why Figurative Language?

• Authors use figurative language to help paint a picture for the reader.

• It creates vivid images within in the story

• Figurative language adds interest

a way of describing

something by comparing it with something

else using "like" or "as"

I am hungry as a horse.

                                                       

You run like a rabbit.

                                                                                                                                           

He is sneaky as a snake.

She is happy as a clam.

The girl was a fish in the water.

The clown was a feather floating away.

                                                            

The flowers danced in the wind.

The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

The friendly gates welcomed us.