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English Figurative Language

The document defines and provides examples of different types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. It then provides examples of identifying these types of figurative language in sentences and discusses how figurative language is used in poems, stories, music, and advertisements.

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English Figurative Language

The document defines and provides examples of different types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. It then provides examples of identifying these types of figurative language in sentences and discusses how figurative language is used in poems, stories, music, and advertisements.

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Figurative

Language
What is Figurative Language?
• Whenever you describe
something by comparing it
with something else, you are
using figurative language!
• There are many different kinds
of figurative language: similes,
metaphors, hyperboles , and
personification are just some
of the ones you might know!
• Let’s take a closer look!
What is a simile?
• A simile uses the words “like” or “as”
to compare o n e object with another
to suggest they are alike or similar.
• Example: He was busy as a bee.

• Example: She was silly like a clown.


What is a metaphor?
• A metaphor is like a simile. It compares
tw o things, but DOES NOT use the words
like or as. A simile would say you are
like something, and a metaphor would
say you are something.
• Example: Her eyes were jewels, sparkling
in the sun.

• Example: The bottom of the ocean is a


dark cave.
What is a hyperbole?
• A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is so
dramatic that n o o n e would believe
the statement is true.
• Example: He was so hungry, h e ate the
whole c o w for lunch, tail and all.

• Example: My teacher is so old, she


doesn’t even remember her o w n name!
What is a personification?
• Personification is where human
characteristics are given to an animal or
an object
• Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.

• Example: The flowers danced in


the breeze.
What is alliteration?
• Alliteration is repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of
words/group of words.

• Example: Peter piper picked a pack of pickled


peppers.

• Example: Sally sold seashells by the seashore.


What is onomatopoeia
• Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates a sound.

• Example: Clap, Clap!

• Example: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

• Example BOOM
: !
What is imagery?
• Imagery is describing using details particularly sensory details
(sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)
N o w let’s see if you
can identify
figurative language
on your own.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

His skin was tan like the sand in the desert.

Simile: It uses the word “like” to


compare the color of his skin to
sand.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My brother is so skinny, he could be a telephone


pole.

Hyperbole: This is an
exaggeration! No one is as skinny
as a telephone pole.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

After we moved out, our house was an empty


shell.

Metaphor: This sentence is


comparing a house to a empty
shell.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My dad’s beard was itchy sand paper.

Metaphor: This sentence is


comparing dad’s beard to itchy
sand paper.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

The sun said hello as it came up over the horizon.

Personification: The sun cannot


really say hello, it is giving human
characteristics to the sun.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

Emily swam like a dolphin in the pool.

Simile: It uses the word “like” to


compare Emily to a dolphin.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My grandpa’s nose is so big, he could smell


flowers from miles away.

Hyperbole: It is an exaggeration.
No one’s nose could smell flowers
from miles away.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My mom’s perfume was like sweet roses in


bloom.

Simile: It is comparing Mom’s


perfume to roses using the word
“like”.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

The popcorn jumped in my mouth so fast that I


ate the whole bowl.

Personification: Popcorn cannot


really jump into your mouth. It is
giving human characteristics to
popcorn.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

Paul was a shining star at the basketball game.

Metaphor: It is comparing Paul to


a shining star, without using like
or as.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My pencil was as sharp as a razor, slicing the


paper with every move.

Simile: This sentence is comparing


a pencil to a razor using the word
“as”.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My sister’s feet were so smelly, I thought garbage


trucks were in the house.

Hyperbole: This is an exaggeration.


No one’s feet could smell as bad
as a garbage truck.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

The body builder was as strong as a King Kong.

Simile: This sentence is comparing


a body builder to King Kong
using the word “as”.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

I was so hungry, I could have eaten a million


donuts.

Hyperbole: This is an exaggeration.


No one could eat a million donuts.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

I got so dirty, that my pants screamed “clean me!”

CLEAN ME!!

Personification: This sentence gives


human characteristics to pants.
Pants cannot scream.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

Her lips were red like ripe cherries.

Simile: This sentence is comparing


lips to cherries using the word
“like”.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

The pirates were dirty rats floating in the water.

Metaphor: It compares a pirate to a


rat, without using like or as.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

The sneakers walked all the way to Alaska!

Personification: Sneakers cannot


really walk.
Look at the sentence….see if you can decide
what type of figurative language it is!

My sister in college is so stupid, she thought 2 + 2


was 22!!
2+2 = 2 2

Hyperbole: This is an exaggeration,


no one in college would be that
stupid.
Figurative Language is everywhere…

• Poetry
• Short Stories/Novels
• Music
• Advertisements (Billboards,
Commercials, etc.)
Poems
“A Dream Defer red “ “White Sox”
What happens to a dream deferred? Sanding the board,
Does it dry up My cat, Whitesox.
like a raisin in the sun? Her tongue,
Or fester like a sore– Like fine grains of
And then run? sand On paper,
Does it stink like rotten meat? Licking the wood.
Or crust and sugar over– An electric
like a syrupy sweet? sander
Maybe it just sags Giving out a quiet
like a heavy purr.
load. Like a nail file,
Smoothing out
Or does it the edges.
explode?
OUCH! A splinter.
Story Stories / Novels
• “Hoot”
• “Becoming Naomi Leon”
• “Charlotte's Webs”
Music
• “Ice Cream Paint Job” by Dourrogh (metaphors, similes,
onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification,
hyperbole)
Example: “Trunk hit hard like Kimbo Slice”
• “Obsessed” by Mariah Carey (metaphor, similes)
Example: “ I see right through you like you bathed in
Windex”
•“Beauty” by Dru Hill (metaphor)
Example: “Beauty is her name”
• “The Way You Do The Things
You Do” by Temptations
Example: “Girl, you smile so bright
you should have be en a candle”
• “My Girl” by Temptations
Example: “got so much honey the birds envy me”
Example: “ song sweeter than birds in the trees”
Advertisements
• Personification (click o n the word to see the clip)
• Alliteration (click on the word to see the clip)
• Hyperbole (click o n the word to see the clip)
• Simile (click o n the word to see the clip)

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