Figurative Language Figurative Language Sometimes what you need

Figurative Language

Figurative Language Sometimes what you need is not exactly what you say. It’s using words in a different way.

Figurative Language Sometimes what you need is not exactly what you say. It’s using words in a different way. Used to draw a literary image.

Personification • Taking an object and giving it human qualities • Sun shining down • Boat hugged the shore

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner • Mr. Clean

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner • Oven Cleaner • Mr. Clean

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner • Oven Cleaner • Mr. Clean • Mr. Muscle

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner • Oven Cleaner • Pancake Syrup • Mr. Clean • Mr. Muscle

Companies use Personification • Household Cleaner • Oven Cleaner • Pancake Syrup • Mr. Clean • Mr. Muscle • Aunt Jemima

Companies use Personification • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal • Mr. Clean • Mr. Muscle • Aunt Jemima

Companies use Personification • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch

Companies use Personification • • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal Snack Cake • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch

Companies use Personification • • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal Snack Cake • • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch Little Debbie

Companies use Personification • • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal Snack Cake Tires • • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch Little Debbie

Companies use Personification • • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal Snack Cake Tires • • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch Little Debbie The Michelin Man

Companies use Personification • • Household Cleaner Oven Cleaner Pancake Syrup Cereal Snack Cake Tires Vegetables • • Mr. Clean Mr. Muscle Aunt Jemima Cap’n Crunch Little Debbie The Michelin Man Jolly Green Giant

• • • Kleenex says bless you. (Kleenex facial tissues) Nothing hugs like Huggies. (Huggies Supreme diapers) Unwrap a smile. (Little Debbie snack cakes) • Goldfish. The snack that smiles back. (Goldfish snack crackers) • Cottonelle. Looking out for the family. (Cottonelle toilet paper) • You're in good hands with Allstate. (Allstate Insurance Company) • The heartbeat of America. (Chevrolet cars) • The car that cares (Kia cars) • Acer. We hear you. (Acer computers) • How will you use us today? (Avery Labels) •

Alliteration • Same Sound at the start of every word • Sally seems to sit somewhere separate than Sonya • Caleb calls Chris cause he’s coming to California

Assonance • Same vowel sound in words • “Try to light the fire”

Hyperbole • Takes the truth and exaggerates it way farther • I am so hungry I could eat a horse. • I have a million things to do today. • The whole world was staring at me

Onomatopoeia • A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes • Buzz • Ding • Hiss

Comic Strips • Make frequent use of • • • Bam Pow Wham ker-splash lickety-wop

• In 2002, DC Comics introduced a villain named Onomatopoeia, an athlete, martial artist and weapons expert who only speaks sounds.

• in Alka-Seltzer's "Plop, plop, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!" jingle, recorded in two different versions (big band rock) by Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Rice Krispies makes a "snap, crackle, pop" when one pours on milk.

• Click it or ticket (click of the connecting seatbelt; US DOT campaign).

Simile • Used 2 compare 2 unrelated things with an element that is shared (using like or as) • My mind is LIKE an ocean • It’s as smooth AS jazz

Metaphor • Similar to Simile without using Like or As • My words are a river • My mind is an ocean