I SHAMPOO Figurative Language

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

Imagery • Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell Language in which descriptions of people or objects appeals to the senses. • Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell

Idioms An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings The coach and players threw in the towel.

WHAT DO THESE IDIOMS MEAN? YOU ARE A HOT POTATO. A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG. THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT.

Simile Comparison using like or as My mom was as blind as a bat

Hyperbole An exaggeration My dad had a heart attack when he saw my grade.

COMMON HYPERBOLE: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. I had a ton of chores to do. If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die. She is as thin as a toothpick. This car goes faster than the speed of light. Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.

Alliteration Betty Blake bought big butter. Two or more words of a word group with the same sound at the beginning of the word Betty Blake bought big butter.

Metaphor Comparison NOT using like or as; indicator words – am, is, are, was, & were She is sunshine, brightening our day

Personification Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects and other living things The printer ate my paper

Oxymoron Contradictory terms are used in conjunction (together) Inside out; cold sweat; alone in the crowd

FOR EXAMPLE Great Depression Jumbo shrimp Cruel to be kind Pain for pleasure Clearly confused Act naturally Beautifully painful Painfully beautiful Deafening silence Pretty ugly

Onomatopoeia The formation of a word, intended as an imitation of a sound Bang! Zip! Meow!

He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. EXAMPLES BUZZ! The wind whispered through dry grass. The dress was pretty ugly! Her dance is a great poem. Good golly Miss Molly!! That was a piece of cake! She is as beautiful as the rising sun. I am trying to solve a million issues these days. He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. EXAMPLES BUZZ! ONOMATOPOIA The wind whispered through dry grass. PERSONIFICATION The dress was pretty ugly! OXYMORON Good golly Miss Molly!! ALLITERATION Her dance is a great poem. METAPHOR That was a piece of cake! IDIOM I am trying to solve a million issues these days. HYPERBOLE She is as beautiful as the rising sun. SIMILE He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. IMAGERY