1. Figurative Language

2. Identifying Figurative Language 1. Does the author compare two things directly using the words like or as? John felt like a puppet, willing to do his brother’s bidding at any time. 2. Does the author compare two things indirectly? Noelle’s gaze was a blade that cut right through me. 3. Does the author describe an animal, object, or idea as if it were human? The rusty car relaxed in the grass with its hood caught in a yawn. Do the words describe something as if it were something different?

3. Simile Excerpt from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Some medical beast had revived Tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence. On this particular evening the urgency of my case demanded a pint of this mixture, which was poured down my throat, for my greater comfort, while Mrs. Joe held my head under her arm, as a boot would be held in a bootjack. A simile uses like or as to compare two things that are somehow alike.

4. Metaphor All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. Excerpt from As You Like It by William Shakespeare A metaphor compares two things without using the words like or as.

5. Personification Personification is giving non-human things human qualities. Excerpt from “In a Library” by Emily Dickinson A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable hand to take, And warming in our own, A passage back, or two, to make To times when he was young.

6. Guided Practice with Figurative Language Read the poem excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. Excerpt from “She walks in beauty, like the night” by Lord Byron She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that's best of dark and bright Meets in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.

7. Guided Practice with Figurative Language A. She walks in beauty, like the night B. And all that's best of dark and bright C. Meets in her aspect and her eyes D. Which Heaven to gaudy day denies 1. Which of the following lines is an example of a simile? A. Of cloudless climes and starry skies, B. And all that's best of dark and bright C. Meets in her aspect and her eyes D. Which Heaven to gaudy day denies 2. Which of the following lines is an example of personification?

8. Guided Practice with Figurative Language A. She walks in beauty, like the night B. And all that's best of dark and bright C. Meets in her aspect and her eyes D. Which Heaven to gaudy day denies 1. Which of the following lines is an example of a simile? A. Of cloudless climes and starry skies, B. And all that's best of dark and bright C. Meets in her aspect and her eyes D. Which Heaven to gaudy day denies 2. Which of the following lines is an example of personification?

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