1. Figurative Language

2. Learning Objective:
determine the meaning of figurative language and sound devices

3. Figurative Language literal = words that mean exactly what they say
figurative = words that mean more than what they say BIG IDEA

4. Simile a comparison using the word “like” or “as”
her smile is like sunshine

5. Metaphor a comparison without using “like” or “as”
her smile is sunshine

6. Personification
Applies human characters to something that is not human
The wind sang to me.

7. Hyperbole
exaggeration
I was in traffic forever!

8. Analogy a comparison between two things that are very different
my headache is similar to glass breaking on a tile floor

9. Sound devices
The use of sound to create an effect

10. Rhyme
repetition of end sounds
cat sat

11. Alliteration
repetition of beginning sound
wind whipped wildly

12. Onomatopoeia
words that imitate sounds
whoosh! meow! sizzle!

13. Idiom
Cultural phrase
It's raining cats and dogs