1. Figurative Language Grades 6-8
Go Figure!
Figurative Language
Grades 6-8

2. Types of Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole

3. Simile Comparing two things, usually with the words like or as.
Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

4. Metaphor Comparing two things NOT using like or as
Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert.

5. Alliteration Repeated sounds in words.
Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

6. Personification Gives something NOT human lifelike characteristics
Example: “The wind yells while blowing."
The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

7. Onomatopoeia Words that are sounds
Example: The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

8. Hyperbole An exaggerated statement
Example: She’s said so on several million occasions.