figures of speech
Figurative language
I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. He is sneaky as a snake. She is happy as a clam.
What is Figurative Language? And What are Idioms?
Figurative language jenn
- not to be taken literally, or word for word - stirs up your imagination - adds depth and color to writing.
Figurative Language Metaphor- states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. “Ann is a walking encyclopedia.”
What is it? Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness.
Simon Peyton Jones Microsoft Research. An amazing year......a rapidly evolving landscape, and a lot to do.
Young voices 2016. Transport of Delight Some talk of a Lagonda Some like a smart MG Or for bonny army lorry They’d lay them down and dee Such means of.
Poet: The term used for an author of poetry. Stanza: Poem paragraph Line of Poetry: Single line of words in a poem. DOES NOT need to be a complete sentence!
