1. Figurative Language

2. Hyperbole

3. Example “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!” (Elizabeth Browning)

4. You Try Use the following prompts to create hyperbole.

5. 1 I am so thirsty…

6. 2 This guy is so cheap…

7. 3 She is so smart…

8. 4 I love it more than…

9. 5 The teacher is so boring…

10. Simile

11. Example “O my Love's like a red, red rose, / That's newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns)

12. You Try Create two insults and two compliments using simile.

13. 6 Create one insult using simile.

14. 7 Create another insult using simile.

15. 8 Create one compliment using simile.

16. 9 Create another compliment using simile.

17. Metaphor

18. Metaphor “You are a tulip. (Robert Herrick)

19. You Try First, complete the metaphor:  Hair is… a broom.  Shoes are… hats.

20. You Try Then, answer who, what, when, where, why or how:  Shoes are… hats (where?) at the other end.

21. 10 War is a…

22. 11 Love is…

23. 12 School is…

24. 13 Cigarettes are…

25. 14 Smiles of…

26. Personification

27. Example “The waves beside them dance…” (William Wordsworth)

28. You Try Personify three places. (i.e. My house sang the Blues when the roof began to leak.)

29. 15 Place one

30. 16 Place two

31. 17 Place three

32. Figurative Language Identification

33. Set-Up   Cut the quotations into strips.   Fold your piece of construction paper into quarters and label:   Simile   Metaphor   Personification   Hyperbole

34. Procedure   Both quickly and correctly, place the strips in the quadrant to which they belong.   Call me over to check them.   Glue them down.   First person finished gets to gloat.