Figurative & Literal Language Notes

________________________________________________ Literal ________________________________________________ Examples: Grass looks green.   Sand feels rough.   The flower smells sweet.   Grasshoppers make a high-pitched noise.

________________________________________________ Figurative ________________________________________________ Examples:   The grass looks like spiky green hair.   Sand is solid water.   The flower has the sweetest smelling petals in the world.   Grasshoppers are fiddlers who play their legs.

Types of Figurative Language

Simile _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are as strong as iron.

Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn‘t make a simile. A comparison must be made. _____________: I like pizza. _____________: The moon is like a pizza.

Metaphor ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

Alliteration _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

Personification _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Example: “The wind yelled.”

Hyperbole _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Example: She’s told me about her vacation several million times.

Example: The firecracker went Onomatopoeia _________________________________ _________________________________ Example: The firecracker went ka-boom!

Idiom _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Example: He put his foot in his mouth!

Pun _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Examples …

Figurative & Literal IMAGINARY REAL