1. Mrs. Billie’s Figurative Language Review

2. Simile Definition- A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
Example- “My mom’s hair smells like bread.”
Simile- like or aS in it!

3. Metaphor Definition- A comparison not using “like’ or “as”
Example- “I am a red balloon tied to an anchor.”
Metaphor- Make it something else.

4. Personification
Definition- Comparing non-living things to living things; comparing non-living things to a person
Example- “The windshield wipers conducted the rain.”
Personification- is like a person.

5. Imagery
Definition- Anything evoking the five senses (taste, touch, sight, sound, smell)
Example- “We ate the bitter goop and watched it flow down the table into the white pile of mush.”
Imagery helps you imagine.

6. Hyperbole Definition- An exaggeration
Example- “You are so pretty JLo calls you for fashion advice.”
Hyperbole is a bunch of hype.

7. Onomatopeia Definition- A word that is spelled like it sounds.
Example- Bam! Crash! Boom!
On a mat the pin will POP!

8. Alliteration Definition- Repeating the first sound.
Example- “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”
All the first sounds are repeated.

9. Symbolism A symbol is an object that stands for a larger meaning.
Cross = symbol for Christianity
Black/night =symbol for sadness, fear
Sun/sunlight = symbol for hope, joy
Situations can also be symbols

10. Tone
The emotion that is expressed in a passage that can tell you what characters are thinking and/or feeling.
Look for adjectives that describe ways in which things are said:
“Get out now!” she belted with a voice that sounded like it came from the caverns of the deep.

11. Mood
The effect the passage has on the reader; how the reader is “moved” by the passage.
Mood has to do with describing how one feels after reading the passage, or how the characters in the novel are feeling as a result of the events.

12. Setting Time (day, year, time of day)
Place (location, such as a room, restaurant, beach, or a city, town, street, country)
Indicate why the setting is IMPORTANT to understanding the story:
-does it have something to do with the plot?
-does it help the reader understand characters?
-does it help to set the tone or mood?
-is the setting a symbol in itself for something?

13. The End!!!