1. Figurative Language Review
Figurative language is…
Language that cannot be taken literally. Language that does not mean exactly what it says, so we have to interpret it!

2. Why use figurative language?
Comparison
Emphasis
Clarity
When an author uses figurative language it is purposeful – for a specific effect (to make us visualize, to emphasize an idea, etc)

3. A simile is… a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
Example: That class is like a three-ring circus.
Literal meaning: they are clowns, acrobats and performers in a circus
Figurative meaning: the students are
acting wild and crazy

4. A Metaphor is…
a comparison between two unlike things or ideas WITHOUT using “like” or “as.”
Example: You are the wind beneath my wings.
Literal meaning: You are actually the
wind that keeps me up in the air
Figurative Meaning: You are a supportive help
friend who helps keep me going

5. Personification is… ≠ Giving nonhuman subjects human qualities
Examples:
The moon was jealous of the sun.
My pencil danced across the page.
The night was hungry for blood. ≠

6. Practice
On the next few slides there will be a passage with a piece of figurative language. Identify whether it is an example of a….
Metaphor
Simile
Personification

7. The flowers bowed to the ground.

8. Answer: Personification

9. Your momma is as fat as a whale.

10. Answer: Simile

11. It’s raining men.

12. Answer: Metaphor

13. Lady Montague drowned in a sea of grief (after Romeo is sent out of Verona).

14. Answer: Metaphor

15. When Ms. Hannon gave the evil eye, silence crept over the classroom.

16. Answer: Personification

17. My love is as boundless as the sea.

18. Answer: Simile