Figurative Language Language used to create a special feeling or event

Personification Explanation – Giving humanlike qualities to inanimate objects Example – “They were the first faces of hell and death” (Wiesel, 17).

Hyperbole Explanation – An exaggerated description of an object used to emphasize a point Example – “There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of mystical truth” (Wiesel, 5).

Simile Explanation – A comparison using like or as Example – “…tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes” (Wiesel, 5).

Metaphor Explanation – A comparison of two unrelated objects in order to create similar meaning Example – “The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes” (Wiesel, 18)

Diction Explanation – The writer’s word choice the adds to the style of writing in a poem or story Example – “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky…” (Weisel 34)

Figurative Language Language used to create a special feeling or event

Personification Explanation Example – “They were the first faces of hell and death” (Wiesel, 17).

Hyperbole Explanation Example – “There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of mystical truth” (Wiesel, 5).

Simile Explanation Example – “…tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes” (Wiesel, 5).

Metaphor Explanation Example – “The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes” (Wiesel, 18)