Figurative Language What Is Figurative Language Devices in

Figurative Language

What Is Figurative Language? • Devices in writing to make it more interesting to the reader. • Creates a more vivid picture in the reader’s mind.

Types of Figurative Language • • Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Symbol

Similes A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

Examples of Similes Life is like a box of chocolates. Dark as night. Her eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky.

METAPHOR • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”. • To compare using am, is, are, was, and were.

Examples of Metaphors The test was a piece of cake. Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Personification Giving human qualities to non -human objects, animals, places, or ideas.

Examples of Personification The trees waved at me. The dog smiled at me. The cake called my name.

Hyperbole • An exaggeration for effect • Stretching the truth to make it interesting.

Examples of Hyperbole I’ve told you a million times to clean your room. She left a list of chores a mile long.

Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate sounds.

Examples of Onomatopoeia Buzz Hiss Ping

Alliteration The repetition of similar consonant sounds, often at the beginning of words.

Examples of Alliteration Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Mara makes meatloaf with her mom, Marchelle.

SYMBOL A symbol is a word or image that stands for something else.

Examples of Symbols A red rose = love The eagle = United States Dove = peace Skull and crossbones = poison

PERSONIFICATION REVIEW

Grandma slept like a baby.

SIMILE

A black rose = death

Symbol

Zip! Pow! Bang!

Onomatopoeia

Daisies stand up on their tiptoes.

Personification

Jack jumped for joy when the jam started.

Alliteration

The hot sauce was a flaming ball of fire in my mouth.

Metaphor