This document discusses four types of figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification, and symbols. It provides examples for each type. Similes directly compare two things using like or as, metaphors indirectly compare two things by stating one is the other, personification gives human traits to non-human things, and symbols use literal objects to represent abstract concepts or ideas.

1. Simile, Metaphor,Personification & Symbol

2. Figurative language is more than just a set of clever devices used for writing poetry, but it is one of the ways that we understand our world. From the time we were young children, we began understanding the world by looking for similarities between different things.

3. In this presentation, we will learn about four types of figurative language, and see examples of each.

4. A simile is a figurative term that compares two unlike things usually using “like” or “as.

6. “Smart as a whip”

7. “He sticks to you likeglue.”

9. A metaphor compares two unlike things, saying that they are alike. It does not use “like” or “as” but say that one thing is the other thing.

10. Some Examples from Shakespeare: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;” --from As You Like It “Life is a tale told by an idiot.” --from Macbeth

12. Personification gives objects or animals human traits, behaviors, or emotions, or otherwise portrays them as human.

14. “Mother Earth”

15. “Cruel Fate”

16. “Lady Luck”

17. “The long arm of the law”

19. Symbols are literal (present, tangible, material) objects which carry figurative meanings.

21. Corporate Logos such as the swoosh (which symbolizes the Nike Corporation)

22. Religious Symbols, such as a cross, a star of David, or a crescent moon (symbolizing Christianity, Judaism and Islam)