Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

What is FL? <ul><li>Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language...

Imagery <ul><li>Language creating a mental picture that makes readers see, hear, taste, or feel things in their imaginatio...

*Imagery Example* <ul><li>Which sentences uses imagery? </li></ul><ul><li>The sun was shining brightly in the sky. </li></...

Similes <ul><li>A figure of speech that makes a comparison of TWO unlike things. </li></ul><ul><li>Similes use two words t...

*Similes Example* <ul><li>The news Paulina received over the phone must have been terrible; she turned limp as a dishrag...

Personification <ul><li>This is a device in which authors give human characteristics to non-human things. </li></ul><ul><l...

*Personification Example* <ul><li>Which uses personification? </li></ul><ul><li>The car groaned as it climbed up the hill....

Hyperbole <ul><li>This is an exaggeration used for effect. </li></ul><ul><li>It helps the reader to understand the extent ...

*Hyperbole Example* <ul><li>I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse! </li></ul><ul><li>Jan is so tired, she could sleep for a w...

Metaphor <ul><li>Compares two basically unlike things, BUT it does not use the words like or as . </li></ul><ul><li>A m...

*Metaphor Example* <ul><li>The contestant’s knees were jiggling jelly when she stepped forward to take her turn. </li></ul...

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