Figurative Literal Language Notes 1 Literal Examples Grass

Figurative & Literal Language Notes 1

Literal ________________________ Examples: • Grass looks green. � Sand feels rough. � The flower smells sweet. � Grasshoppers make a high-pitched noise.

Figurative ________________________ Examples: � The grass looks like spiky green hair. � Sand is solid water. � The flower has the sweetest smelling petals in the world. � Grasshoppers are fiddlers who play their legs.

Types of Figurative Language

Simile v _______________________________ Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are as strong as iron.

Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn‘t make a simile. A comparison must be made. _______: I like pizza. _______: The moon is like a pizza.

Metaphor v ___________________________________ Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

Alliteration v _____________________________________ Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

Personification v _____________________________________ Example: “The wind yelled. ”

Hyperbole v _____________________________________ Example: She’s told me about her vacation several million times.

Onomatopoeia v _________________________________ Example: The firecracker went ka-boom!

Idiom v ______________________________ ______ Example: He put his foot in his mouth!

Figurative & Literal IMAGINARY REAL