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Figurative Language Notes

The document explains figurative language, highlighting the difference between literal and figurative expressions. It covers various types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, imagery, symbolism, alliteration, and idioms, with examples for each. Additionally, it includes practice exercises to identify different figurative language types.

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Figurative Language Notes

The document explains figurative language, highlighting the difference between literal and figurative expressions. It covers various types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, imagery, symbolism, alliteration, and idioms, with examples for each. Additionally, it includes practice exercises to identify different figurative language types.

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Figurative

Language
Figurative
Language:
Words an author
uses to create
pictures for the
reader.
2
Literal vs.
Figurative
Language
3
Literal
words say
exactly what
they mean

4
Literal example:
Your smile is beautiful
Figurative
words say one
thing but mean
another.
6
Figurative example:
Your smile is a
rainbow.
Simile
Comparison of two unlike
things using “like” or “as”
8
Simile
Using “like” or “as” doesn’t
make a simile

Which of the following is a simile?

I like pizza.

The moon is9 like a pizza.


Examples
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.
His eyes are as blue as the ocean.

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Metaphor
﹡ States that one thing is
something else.
﹡ Comparison without using
“like” or “as”
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Examples
All the world is a stage
She is a rose.
Her hair is silk.
The car was a sauna when I first got in.
12
Personification
Giving human traits to
objects or ideas
13
Examples
The sunlight danced.
The wind whistled through the trees.
The streets are calling me.
The flowers reached for the sun.
14
Onomatopoeia
A word that “makes” a sound

15
Examples
The fly buzzed around her head.

The hiss of the snake caught my


attention.
16
Hyperbole
﹡ Exaggerating to show
strong feeling or effect.
﹡ Not literally true
17
Examples
I will love you forever.
My house is a million miles from here.
That building can touch the clouds.
I tried a thousand times!
18
Imagery
Use of words or phrases to
stimulate your senses to
help create mental pictures.
19
Examples
The stench of his sweaty, moldy gym
bag filled the air as he walked into the
room.

20
Symbolism
When one thing stands for
or represents something
else.
21
Examples
The dove symbolizes peace.

22
Alliteration
Repetition of initial
consonant sounds
23
Examples
The wicked witch of the West went
that way.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled


peppers.
24
Idiom
Expressions that mean
something other than the
literal meaning of its words

25
Examples
It’s raining cats and dogs.
Under the weather.
Costs an arm and a leg.

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Practic
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The rain danced down the
windowpane, and the trees
answered to the wind.

This is an example of:

Personification
28
I bought a ton of staples and
pushpins all for $3.99, plus tax.

This is an example of:

Hyperbole
29
The bang and clank of the train
engine evoked the feeling of a
real steam locomotive.

This is an example of a:

Onomatopoeia
30
Her long hair was a flowing
golden river.

This is an example of a:

Metaphor
31
“...his hair is crinkled and crisp
as lettuce.”

This is an example of a:

Simile
32
It was so cold that all the fish
moved south.

This is an example of a:

Hyperbole
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