Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
The tire went pop!
Onomatoepoia
Define imagery.
Imagery is...
The car engine sputtered
Onomatopoeia
"Juliet is the Sun" (Shakespeare)
Metaphor
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
True or false: We can enhance our writing by adding figurative language.
True
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"
What is a simile?
List as many types of figurative language as you can!!!
They are....
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language: She was dying of laughter.
Hyperbole.
Identify the figurative language: I could sleep forever!
Hyperbole
Why do we use figurative language in our writing?
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the figurative language: "I have told you a million times to stop!"
What is hyperbole?
What is the difference between LITERAL language and FIGURATIVE language.
You may give an an example to support your answer.