1. Duncan Chapel Elementary
Figurative Language
Kitty Tripp
Duncan Chapel Elementary
March 28, 2003

2. Figurative Language is:
Speech or written language
Creates images in a listener’s mind
Describes something
Uses unusual comparisons or
Make things clearer
Results  the creation of interesting images.

3. Types of Figurative Language
Similes
Metaphors
Hyperboles
Idioms

4. Figurative Language in Everyday Use:
Letters
Poetry
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5. Helen Keller
Letter to Alexander Graham Bell
Poem, “Autumn”

7. Helen Keller states in her letter:
“I had a contest with a pirate, most redoubtable bronchitis. The attack was not severe and I soon got the upper hand.”
--a hyperbole

9. Helen Keller states in her poem, “Autumn”:
“The little birds southward going
Linger, like traveler at an inn.”
--a simile

10. President Abraham Lincoln
His poem, “My Childhood Home I See Again”

12. As President Lincoln remembers his past, he says in his poem:
“Oh memory! Thou mid-way world
Twixt Earth and Paradise
Where things decayed, and loved ones lost
In dreamy shadows rise…”
--a metaphor

13. Advertisement for Lexington Motor Company, Connersville, Indiana

15. “The motor car is the magic carpet of modern times.”
--a metaphor

16. All these examples bring to life images that communicate the author’s thoughts and feelings.

17. Examples of Idioms Don’t you be a couch potato Stop dragging your feet
Jump into action
EAGER BEAVERS, and
let’s learn some more about figurative language!

18. Credits All pictures used with permission from: Library of Congress
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library--
Advertising Ephemera Collection -
Database #A0160 Emergence of Advertising On-Line Project John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History