Figurative Language Jennifer Parnell North Belmont Elementary

Examples: Similes Idioms Metaphors

Similes are sentences that compare two unlike objects using like or as. The girl’s hair is as yellow as the sun. The boy runs like a rabbit.

Idioms are sentences that cannot be understood by the meanings of their separate words. I’m in hot water with my mom! Are you feeling blue today?

Metaphors are sentences that use one idea or thing in place of another to show a likeness between the two. That report was dynamite! The boy is an egghead.

Can you name each type of figurative language?

The Christmas tree was a jewel in the forest. metaphor

Granddaddy was sleeping as soundly as a bear in hibernation. simile

The boy can swim like a fish. simile

The lady was a songbird. metaphor

The old lady was moving like a snail. simile

Steve was a leaping frog as he jumped the brook. metaphor

You crack me up! idiom

I’m in the doghouse! idiom

Great Job!!!