Figurative Language Authors use figurative language in their writing to create a picture in the reader’s mind. Figurative Language gives a meaning that goes beyond the exact meaning of the words used in order to achieve a special effect.

Imagery words or phrases that appeal to any sense or combination of senses. The Storm Looks like a mud puddle in the sky and smells like mouldy leather It sounds like a giant’s stomach rumbling and feels like being turned inside out

Stanza a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb of me. -Emily Dickinson

Types of Figurative Language/ Poetic Devices SIMILE Compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” METAPHOR Compares two objects not using “like” or “as” HYPERBOLE An obvious exaggeration used to make a point, and is used for expressive or comic effect Life is your restaurant and I’m your maitre’d. It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die! My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates…”

Types of Figurative Language/ Poetic Devices ONOMATOPOEIA The use of words which imitate sound PERSONIFICATION Giving human qualities to non-human objects ALLITERATION The repetition of the first consonant sound Bang, crash, zap, hiss The sun smiled down on me. Shining, shimmering, splendid

Types of Figurative Language/ Poetic Devices REPETITION The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas RHYME The similarity of ending sounds existing between two or more words. ASSONANCE The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words; used to set the mood I could really use a wish right now, a wish right now, a wish right now Once I dive into these pages, I may not come out for ages Listen to the crumbling thunder of seas.

Now try to identify hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor, and alliteration used in movies. Figurative Language in Movies Notes on hyperbole, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, alliteration Here are two more places you can practice at home! Figurative Language in Songs Quiz Number your paper from 1-15, identify the type of poetic device in each song. (hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor, repetition) Figurative Language in Pop Culture 2014 Number your paper from Use handout, “Figurative Language Day 1” with this link