1. Figurative Language
Mrs. Francez

2. Literal Versus Figurative
Words function exactly as defined
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figurative
You must figure out what it means
That boy is like a walking dictionary.
I have told you to do that a million times!

3. Metaphor Compares or equates two seemingly unlike things
Definition
Example
Compares or equates two seemingly unlike things
Her hair was silk.

4. Onomatopoeia
Definition
Example
The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
Hiss
Buzz

5. Personification
Definition
Example
Giving an animal, object, a force of nature, or an idea human characteristics
The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy held him close.

6. Simile Uses “like” or “as” to compare seemingly unlike things
Definition
Example
Uses “like” or “as” to compare seemingly unlike things
The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

7. Idiom
Definition
Example
An expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words that make it up
Over the hill

8. Hyperbole
Definition
Example
Uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor
Mile-high ice cream cone

9. Alliteration
Definition
Example
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by