2. Why Figurative Language? Authors use figurative language to help paint a picture for the reader. It creates vivid images within in the story Figurative language adds interest

3. a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

4. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. He is sneaky as a snake. She is happy as a clam.

6. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

8. The flowers danced in the wind. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution. The friendly gates welcomed us.