1. Figuratively Speaking!

2. Figurative Language Appeals to the imagination
Makes a comparison between different things to create a mental image
6 Types of Figurative language:
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia

3. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
He eats like a pig.
I’m as light as a feather.
My teeth are gleaming like I’m chewing on aluminum foil Nelly

4. Makes a comparison of two different things WITHOUT using like or as.
Metaphor
Makes a comparison of two different things WITHOUT using like or as.
-States that something is something else.
You are the light in my life.
Life is a garden, dig it.
Everyday IS a winding road. Everyday IS faded sign Sheryl Crow

5. Hyperbole An exaggeration I nearly died laughing.
I think of you a million times a day.
I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more… -The Proclaimers

6. How do you tell them apart? (take notes)
Simile:
uses like or as
He was AS cold AS ice He was cold LIKE ice.
Metaphor:
makes a comparison WITHOUT using like or as
A cup of tea IS the best medicine for a cold.
Hyperbole:
exaggeration
My brother exploded when he saw the damage to his car.

7. Alliteration
The matching or repetition of consonant sounds is called alliteration, or the repeating of the same letter (or sound) at the beginning of words following each other immediately or at short intervals.
lady lounges lazily
sweet smell of success
a dime a dozen
bigger and better
jump for joy

8. Alliteration
“Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table, waiting for Warren. When she heard his step. . . “ -Robert Frost
sink or swim
do or die
the more the merrier
live and learn

9. Personification
figurative language that gives inanimate objects or animals human characteristics.
Example: The wind reached down and plucked the leaves from the lawn.
-My pencils keep getting up and walking away from me!

10. Onomatopoeia A word that imitates the sound it represents
Imitative harmony
Examples:
splash clang squeak
gush hiss boom
kerplunk purr crash