Figurative Language How can I identify and interpret figurative language?
Figurative Language
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Learn and practice your figurative language.
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Figurative Language
My brother eats like a pig!
SimileA simile compares two things using like or as.
My brother eats like a pig.brother = pig
Her boyfriend is a dog!
MetaphorA metaphor makes a comparison by saying one thing is another thing.
Her boyfriend is a dog.He’s not actually a dog, but he acts like a dog.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
HyperboleHyperbole is an obvious and
unrealistic exaggeration.
It’s probably impossible for a person to eat a horse, but hyperbole is used to say “I’m really, really hungry!”
The sun smiled down on the children below.
PersonificationPersonification gives human traits
(qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
School was a picnic for Little Joe.
Metaphor
Click on the image for an interactive picnic basket.
The table danced across the floor during the earthquake.
The campers slept soundly as the fire crackled and hissed.
Onomatopoeia An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the
sounds associated with the objects or actions to which it refers.
She swims as swiftly as a dolphin.
SimileA simile compares two things using like or as.
She swims as swiftly as a dolphin.
The students clapped and whistled during the talent show.
The students clapped and whistled during the talent show.
Onomatopoeia
