TEXT ANALYZING – METAPHORS, SIMILES, PERSONIFICATION AND IDIOMS TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD TEXT ANALYZING – METAPHORS, SIMILES, PERSONIFICATION AND IDIOMS

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Similes, Metaphors, Personification and Idioms are all considered figurative language literary devices because they help paint pictures (figures) in your mind as you read. Imagery, which uses your senses to paint pictures, is also figurative language

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Similes: Comparing 2 things using like or as Metaphors: A comparison of 2 things without the use of “like” or “as” Personification: Giving human-like qualities to a non-human figure Idioms: A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PASSAGE: “The business part of the meeting was blood-curdling, the social hour was dreary … She said no more. When Miss Maudie was angry her brevity was icy. Something had made her deeply angry, and her grey eyes were as cold as her voice.”– Scout Finch, page 233 What is it? Simile

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PASSAGE: “(Auntie said) I should be a ray of sunshine in my father’s lonely life. I suggested that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that one hard to behave like a sunbeam. .”– Scout Finch, page 81 What is it? Metaphor

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PASSAGE: “There he was, returning to me. His white shirt bobbed over the back fence and slowly grew larger. He came up the back steps, latched the door behind him, and sat on his cot.” – Scout Finch, page 55 What is it? Personification

TKAM – CITE TEXT, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PASSAGE: “On the day he carried the watch, Jem walked on eggs.” – Scout Finch, page 61 What is it? Idiom