Figurative Language

1. I SHAMPOO
Figurative Language

2. WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
Whenever you describe something
by comparing it with something
else,
you are using figurative language.

3. IMAGERY
Language in which descriptions of
people or objects appeals to the
senses.
• Sight
• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste
• Smell

4. IDIOMS
 An expression whose meaning is not
predictable from the usual meanings
 The coach and players threw in the towel.

5. WHAT DO THESE IDIOMS MEAN?
 YOU ARE A HOT POTATO.
 A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.
 COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG.
 THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT.

6. SIMILE
Comparison using like or as
 My mom was as blind as a bat

7. HYPERBOLE
An exaggeration
 My dad had a heart attack when he saw my
grade.

8. COMMON HYPERBOLE:
 I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
 I had a ton of chores to do.
 If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die.
 She is as thin as a toothpick.
 This car goes faster than the speed of light.
 Our new house cost a bazillion dollars.

9. ALLITERATION
 Two or more words of a word group with the same
sound at the beginning of the word
 Betty Blake bought big butter.

10. METAPHOR
 Comparison NOT using like or as; indicator
words – am, is, are, was, & were
 She is sunshine, brightening our day

11. PERSONIFICATION
 Giving human characteristics to inanimate
objects and other living things
 The printer ate my paper

12. OXYMORON
 Contradictory terms are used in conjunction
(together)
 Inside out; cold sweat; alone in the crowd

13. FOR EXAMPLE
 Great Depression
 Jumbo shrimp
 Cruel to be kind
 Pain for pleasure
 Clearly confused
 Act naturally
 Beautifully painful
 Painfully beautiful
 Deafening silence
 Pretty ugly

14. ONOMATOPOEIA
 The formation of a word, intended as an
imitation of a sound
 Bang! Zip! Meow!

15. EXAMPLES
The wind
whispered through
dry grass.
I am trying to solve a
million issues these
days.
She is as beautiful
as the rising sun.
That
was a
piece
of
cake!
He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

16. EXAMPLES
BUZZ!
ONOMATOPOIA
The dress was
pretty ugly!
OXYMORON
The wind whispered through
dry grass.
PERSONIFICATION
I am trying to solve a
million issues these
days.
HYPERBOLE
She is as beautiful
as the rising sun.
SIMILE
That
was a
piece
of
cake!
IDIOM
He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.
IMAGERY