1. And Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Figurative Language
And
Maya Angelou’s
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

2. What is figurative language?
When words are meant as a form of expression and not to be taken literally.

3. Some types of figurative language:
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia 
Personification
Simile  

6. Figurative Language
Now let’s see how well you can identify figurative language in a piece of writing. I am going to read to you a poem called “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” which was also written by Maya Angelou. I want you to mark in your copies where you see figurative language as I read.