Figurative Language Figurative language refers to the words and phrases poets and authors use : To create special emphasis on something. To stir the imagination. To create word pictures that appeal to the senses.

Figurative Language Hyperbole is exaggerated language! For example: “I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!” “He talks a mile a minute!”

Let's Practice... Figurative Language Write the phrases containing hyperbole or exaggeration in each of the following sentences. I said no a million times! Eliza brings enough lunch to feed twenty people. That fishing line is strong enough to catch a whale. Read each topic. Think: how can you exaggerate it? Write a hyperbole for each topic. The depth of the ocean. The loudness of my friend's voice. The smallness of a baby.

Figurative Language A simile shows how things are similar to each other by using words such as like or as. For example: “I used to wrap my dreams around me like a blanket.”

Let's Practice... Figurative Language Read the similes listed below. Write down what is being compared in each simile. Swinging their arms like windmills, the brothers ran down the sidewalk. Bruno ate like a starving gorilla. Lionel was as grumpy as a bear coming out of hibernation. With eyes as bright as stars, Rosalinda thanked me for the gift.

Figurative Language A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares one thing to another by stating that one thing is the other. It does not use like or as. For example: John's imagination is a spaceship soaring to the stars.

Let's Practice... Figurative Language Read the metaphors listed below. Write down what is being compared in each metaphor. A book is a storehouse of knowledge. Her sunglasses were a shield against the world. The pot of chili was a volcano on the stove. Brian is a steamroller once he makes up his mind.

Figurative Language Personification gives an animal or object the characteristics or abilities of a person. For example: The flowers welcomed spring with open arms.

Let's Practice... Figurative Language Describe the personification in the pictures below!