Figurative Language Figurative language refers to techniques writers use to add more detail to their writing. Two common types: METAPHOR SIMILE What is the difference between the two?

Simile=a comparison of two seemingly unrelated things using like or as Metaphor=a comparison of two seemingly unrelated things without using like or as Simile=a comparison of two seemingly unrelated things using like or as

Similes and Metaphors are EVERYWHERE! Here are two well known songs. Which has the simile? Which has a metaphor? We are young heartache to heartache we stand No promises no demands Love is a battlefield. We are strong no-one can tell us we're wrong Searching our hearts for so long Both of us knowing Love is a battlefield. You're begging me to go then making me stay - Why do you hurt me so bad? It would help me to know do I stand in your way Or am I the best thing you've had? Believe me believe me I can't tell you why But I'm trapped by your love and I'm chained to your side. We are young heartache to heartache we stand no promises, no demads love is a battlefeild You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are a heel You're as cuddly as a cactus You're as charming as an eel Mr. Grinch. You're a bad banana With a greasy black peel. You're a monster, Mr. Grinch Your heart's an empty hole Your brain is full of spiders You've got garlic in your soul Mr. Grinch.

Simile in pink Metaphors in blue You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are a heel You're as cuddly as a cactus You're as charming as an eel Mr. Grinch. We are young heartache to heartache we stand No promises no demands Love is a battlefield. We are strong no-one can tell us we're wrong Searching our hearts for so long Both of us knowing Love is a battlefield. You're a bad banana With a greasy black peel. You're a monster, Mr. Grinch Your heart's an empty hole Your brain is full of spiders You've got garlic in your soul Mr. Grinch.

Metaphors aren’t restricted to one line Metaphors aren’t restricted to one line. A metaphor that is longer than a line, and that can encompass an entire piece/poem, is called an extended metaphor.

Is there really a road? What might the road stand for? The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Is there really a road? What might the road stand for? What might the “undergrowth” represent? What might the “grassy” path represent? The narrator chose the second path—the grassy one—what does this represent? Is he actually walking down a path?

Let’s Practice with Metaphors.. Select one of the following items: Car Amusement Park Garden Pantry Closet Locker Pencil case Other? Write as MANY characteristics of the item as possible in your WNB, drafts section.

Off you go. Write a metaphor to be used in your personal essay Off you go!!! Write a metaphor to be used in your personal essay. Try to extend it to two or three sentences.