Figurative Language

Hyperbole

Example “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!” (Elizabeth Browning)

You Try Use the following prompts to create hyperbole.

1 I am so thirsty…

2 This guy is so cheap…

3 She is so smart…

4 I love it more than…

5 The teacher is so boring…

Simile

Example “O my Love's like a red, red rose, / That's newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns)

You Try Create two insults and two compliments using simile.

6 Create one insult using simile.

7 Create another insult using simile.

8 Create one compliment using simile.

9 Create another compliment using simile.

Metaphor

Metaphor “You are a tulip. (Robert Herrick)

You Try First, complete the metaphor:  Hair is… a broom.  Shoes are… hats.

You Try Then, answer who, what, when, where, why or how:  Shoes are… hats (where?) at the other end.

10 War is a…

11 Love is…

12 School is…

13 Cigarettes are…

14 Smiles of…

Personification

Example “The waves beside them dance…” (William Wordsworth)

You Try Personify three places. (i.e. My house sang the Blues when the roof began to leak.)

15 Place one

16 Place two

17 Place three

Figurative Language Identification

Set-Up   Cut the quotations into strips.   Fold your piece of construction paper into quarters and label:   Simile   Metaphor   Personification   Hyperbole

Procedure   Both quickly and correctly, place the strips in the quadrant to which they belong.   Call me over to check them.   Glue them down.   First person finished gets to gloat.