1. Figurative Language

2. What is figurative language?
Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Figurative language makes literature more vivid. It is especially common in poetry.
Examples include:
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Personification
Symbolism

3. Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
Granny was as blind as a bat.
The dog was as fast as lightning.
He is as tall as his brother.
He slept like a log.

4. Metaphor
A direct comparison of two unlike things; metaphors DO NOT use like or as for comparison.
He hogged the road.
She toyed with the idea.
Dad was a rock through all their trouble.
Dad was a man through all their trouble.
When two unlikes you match direct
A METAPHOR makes them connect.
The streams are snakes, toupees are rugs,
And human arms give big bear hugs.

5. Personification
Giving human characteristics to non- human things
The sun was eaten by the storm clouds.
Mickey Mouse
The flower grew.

6. Onomatopoeia
Occurs when the sound of the word gives the meaning of the word.
Buzz, whisper, meow, sizzle, hiss, ping

7. Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.
Her boom box was loud enough to wake the dead.
I have a million errands to run today.
I caught a trophy fish! (Actually it was barely big enough to keep.)

8. Symbolism
Occurs when a noun which has meaning in itself is used to represent something entirely different.
Red rose or the color red
Love / romance
The color black
Evil / death
Lion
Bravery / power
Book
Education / knowledge
Dove
Peace