1. Using words to create pictures in the reader’s mind
Similes and Metaphors
Using words to create pictures in the reader’s mind

2. Is this figurative language, or not?
George and Sally are pigs!
Yes? No?
Simile?
Metaphor?

3. Is this figurative language, or not?
George and Sally are pigs!
Yes? No?
Simile?
Metaphor?

4. Is this figurative language, or not?
Are some pigs “pigs” when they eat, and some pigs not?

5. When language really means what it says, it is called. . . .
literal

6. If it doesn’t really mean what it says, it is
Figurative Language