1. Figurative Language
Figurative language refers to the words and phrases poets and authors use :
To create special emphasis on something.
To stir the imagination.
To create word pictures that appeal to the senses.

2. Figurative Language Hyperbole is exaggerated language! For example:
“I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!”
“He talks a mile a minute!”

3. Let's Practice... Figurative Language
Write the phrases containing hyperbole or exaggeration in each of the following sentences.
I said no a million times!
Eliza brings enough lunch to feed twenty people.
That fishing line is strong enough to catch a whale.
Read each topic. Think: how can you exaggerate it? Write a hyperbole for each topic.
The depth of the ocean.
The loudness of my friend's voice.
The smallness of a baby.

4. Figurative Language
A simile shows how things are similar to each other by using words such as like or as.
For example:
“I used to wrap my dreams around me like a blanket.”

5. Let's Practice... Figurative Language
Read the similes listed below. Write down what is being compared in each simile.
Swinging their arms like windmills, the brothers ran down the sidewalk.
Bruno ate like a starving gorilla.
Lionel was as grumpy as a bear coming out of hibernation.
With eyes as bright as stars, Rosalinda thanked me for the gift.

6. Figurative Language
A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares one thing to another by stating that one thing is the other. It does not use like or as.
For example:
John's imagination is a spaceship soaring to the stars.

7. Let's Practice... Figurative Language
Read the metaphors listed below. Write down what is being compared in each metaphor.
A book is a storehouse of knowledge.
Her sunglasses were a shield against the world.
The pot of chili was a volcano on the stove.
Brian is a steamroller once he makes up his mind.

8. Figurative Language
Personification gives an animal or object the characteristics or abilities of a person.
For example:
The flowers welcomed spring with open arms.

9. Let's Practice... Figurative Language
Describe the personification in the pictures below!