Figurative Language Imagery Simile Metaphor Personification and Hyperbole

Figurative Language: Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Hyperbole J. Oliveira

Figurative Language • Language used imaginatively rather than literally

Simile-Comparison between 2 unlike things using “like” or “as” • “Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn” • “She looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat”

Metaphor: Implied comparison between 2 unlike things; does not use “like” or “as” • “Open rooms everywhere. Gaping doors and windows looked into the void. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone. I was there for the taking. An open tomb. A summer sun. ” • “The old-men stayed in the corner, silent, motionless, hunted-down creatures”

Personification-is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas • “Jealousy devoured us, consumed us. ” • “My father’s voice tore me from my daydreams”

Hyperbole- Exaggeration • “I wanted to run, but my feet were nailed to the floor. Idek grabbed me by the throat. ” • “My foot was on fire”

Imagery -A word or phrase that appeals to one of the five senses “The women were cooking eggs, roasting meat, baking cakes, and making knapsacks. The children wandered all over the place, hanging their heads, not knowing what to do with themselves, where to go, to keep from getting in the way of the grownups. ”