2. Figurative Language

3. Figurative Language: Descriptive language which is not meant to be taken in its literal sense Descriptive language which is not meant to be taken in its literal sense We have learned about three kinds… We have learned about three kinds…

4. This bread is hard as rock!

5. Simile * A comparison between two unlike things

6. Life is a short story of conflicts and compromise.

7. Metaphor A word or phrase that originally meant one thing is used to mean another thing: an implicit comparison A word or phrase that originally meant one thing is used to mean another thing: an implicit comparison

8. The waves danced on the jagged rocks

9. Personification Personification giving human traits to non- human things giving human traits to non- human things

10. Credits All images borrowed from Microsoft Office clipart, available at http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us All images borrowed from Microsoft Office clipart, available at http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us Good website about figurative language: http://www.kidskonnect.com/FigurativeLa nguage/ FigurativeLanguageHome.html Good website about figurative language: http://www.kidskonnect.com/FigurativeLa nguage/ FigurativeLanguageHome.html