1. Figurative Language simile idiom hyperbole personification metaphor
Alliteration
onomatopoeia

2. Figurative Language
…is language using figures of speech (a way of saying one thing and meaning another)
In other words, language that should not be taken literally.
Figurative language can be found in literature and poetry.
Figurative language helps readers gain new insights to what they are reading.

3. What is figurative language?
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

4. Types of Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idioms

5. Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
Simile
Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
Busy as a bee
Clean as a whistle
Brave as a lion
Stand out like a sore thumb
As easy as shooting fish in a barrel
As dry as a bone
As funny as a barrel of monkeys
They fought like cats and dogs
Like watching grass grow

6. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.
                                                       
                                                                        
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.

7. Metaphor:
A way of describing something by comparing it to something else; implied comparison between two unlike things
When using a metaphor, you make a statement that doesn’t make sense literally, like “time is a thief.” It only makes sense when the similarities between the two things becomes apparent or someone understands the connection.
The world is my oyster
You are a couch potato
Time is money
He has a heart of stone
America is a melting pot
You are my sunshine

8. Personification
to give human characteristics to something that is not human (i.e. animals, objects, or ideas)
Personification really affects the way the reader imagines things.
It is used in children’s books, poetry, and fictional literature.
Opportunity knocked at the door
The sun greeted me this morning
The sky was full of dancing stars
The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid
The radio stopped singing and stared at me
The sun played hide and seek with the clouds

9. The flowers danced in the wind.
                                                            
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The hurricane’s winds are yelling while blowing outside my window.

10. repetition of the first consonant sound at the beginning of words
Alliteration
repetition of the first consonant sound at the beginning of words
Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.
Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
We lurk late.
We shoot straight.
We were wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
                                                            

11. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
                                                            
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

12. Onomatopoeia
The use of words that sound like their meaning, or mimic sounds
The burning wood hissed and crackled
                                               
EXAMPLES
Buzz
Fizz
Woof
Hiss
Clink
Boom
Beep
Vroom
Zip
Whirr
Click
Whoosh
Swish
Zap
Zing
Ping
Clang
Bong
Hum
Munch
Gobble
Crunch
Pow
Smash
Wham
Quack
Meow
Oink
Tweet
Crash

13. The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!
                                               
The ball went swish as it hit the net.
I knew the car was going to break down because it went chug chug chug…

14. Hyperbole
An outrageous exaggerated statement used to heighten effect or make a point. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. It can be ridiculous or funny
She’s said so on several million occasions.
You snore louder than a freight train.
She is so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.
I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill!
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
It took forever to get there.
My teacher gave me a hundred homework assignments.

15. IDIOMS
An expression that carries a different meaning because of the context in which it is used
- The context can help you understand what an idiom means.
Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet," meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.
Up the creek without a paddle
On top of the world
Fingers crossed
Shake a leg
Break a leg
Put a lid on it
It’s raining cats and dogs
You have a green thumb
Zip your lips
Something fishy

16. Identify the Figurative Language
There’s a faucet in the basement that has dripped one drop all year since he fixed it, and we can’t find it without wearing scuba gear.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.
The leaves are little yellow fish swimming in the river.
Oh, never, if I live to be a million, shall I feel such a terrible pain.

17. Answers
Hyperbole: it’s saying there’s so much water you need scuba gear in your own basement
Metaphor: it’s comparing the road to a ribbon
Metaphor: comparing the leaves to yellow fish
Hyperbole: exaggerating how long you could live.

18. Identify the Figurative Language
Silently and softly the swans swam on the lake.
The boys dove on the ball like angry dogs snarling for a bone.
The dark consumes the daylight.
The students, ant-like, crowded around the pizza box.
He is as strong as an ox and cannot be beaten on the field.
I like ice cream!

19. Answers Alliteration: uses “s” repeatedly
Simile: compares the boys to dogs using “like”
Personification: consumes (eats) is something a human does
Simile: compares the students to ants using “like”
Simile: compares ‘he’ to an ox
None: this is simply a sentence. Nothing is being compared to ice cream