The document defines and provides examples of various types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, irony, and onomatopoeia. It then provides examples sentences and identifies which type of figurative language each uses. Finally, it lists some online resources for teaching figurative language concepts like alliteration, idioms, imagery, onomatopoeia, and personification.

2. 
The opposite of literal
language.
Figurative language is
language that means more than
what it says on the surface.
It usually gives us a feeling
about its subject.
Recognizing Figurative Language

3. 
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Alliteration
 Personification
 Hyperbole
 Irony
 Apostrophe
 Metonymy
 Synecdoche
 Onomatopoeia
 Imagery
Types of Figurative
Language

4. 
 A figure of speech which involves a
direct comparison between two unlike
things, usually with the words like or
as.
Example: The muscles on his brawny
arms are strong as iron bands.
Simile

5. 
 A figure of speech which involves an implied
comparison between two relatively unlike things
using a form of be. The comparison is not
announced by like or as.
Example:
The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.
Metaphor

6. 
 A figure of speech which gives the
qualities of a person to an animal,
an object, or an idea.
Example: “The wind yells while
blowing."
The wind cannot yell. Only a
living thing can yell.
Personification

7. 
 An exaggerated statement used to
heighten effect. It is not used to
mislead the reader, but to emphasize a
point.
Example: She’s said so on several
million occasions.
Hyperbole

8. ADDRESSING PERSONIFIED OBJECTS
AS REAL PERSONS,THE ABSENT AS
IF THEY WERE PRESENT AND THE
DEAD AS IF THEY WERE ALIVE.
Ex: Rizal, rise up and
save the starving
Filipinos!
APOSTROPHE

9.  The use of words to convey the
opposite of their literal meanin.
 Ex: It was very nice of you to open my
letter. Thank you very much.
 2. Your friend turns up in ripped
jeans. With a smirk, you say, "I see
you have put on your best clothes!"
IRONY

10.  a figure of speech where a name of
one thing is replaced with the name
of something that is closely
associated with it.
 Ex: 1.'We have always remained
loyal to the crown',
 2. Malacañang supports RH Bill.
METONYMY

11. 
 a part is used to represent a
whole
 Ex: 1. The poor woman has ten
hungry mouths to feed.
 2. "The sputtering economy
could make the difference if
you're trying to get a deal on a
new set of wheels.
SYNECDOCHE

12. 
 The use of words that mimic
sounds.
Example:
The firecracker made a loud ka-
boom!
Onomatopoeia

13. 
 Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning
of words or within words.
Example:
1. She was wide-eyed and wondering while
she waited for Walter to waken.
2. She sells seashells by the seashore'.
Alliteration

14. 
 Language that appeals to the senses.
Descriptions of people or objects
stated in terms of our senses in the
reader’s mind.
Imagery
• Sight
• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste
• Smell

15. 
sight: the rose is bright red
hearing: it sounds like the chirping of
several birds, with their high voices.
smell: the air smells like going to the
countryside. fresh and green. no
smell of smoke but the fresh waters
and the leaves.
touch: it feels bumpy yet gives off a
welcoming warmth
taste: it tastes sweet yet spicy at once,
with a tinge of orange taste.

16. 
Choose the best answer.
The sea licked the grass at the edge
of the shore.
1. The sentence above is an example
of a/an
a. simile
b. personification
c. metaphor
d. idiom

17. 
You're just throwing money down
the drain.
2. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. metaphor
b. idiom
c. personification
d. simile

18. 
These walls have ears.
3. The sentence above is an example
of a/an
a. simile
b. personification
c. metaphor
d. idiom

19. 
His room was a junk pile.
4. The sentence above is an example
of a/an
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. idiom

20. 
The train was an angry animal
roaring down the tracks.
5. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. idiom
d. personification

21. 
The mother is a tigress in
defending her children.
6. The above sentence is an
example of a/an
a. idiom
b. metaphor
c. simile
d. personification

22. 
The baby's skin was like a rose
petal.
7. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. personification
b. idiom
c. metaphor
d. simile

23. 
8. His pen flew across the page,
frantically trying to catch up to
what the teacher was saying.
The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. personification
b. metaphor
c. idiom
d. simile

24. 
The moonless night was dark as
black velvet.
9. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. simile
b .metaphor
c. idiom
d. personification

25. 
The sheets hanging on the
clothesline danced in the wind.
10. The above sentence is an
example of a/an
a. simile
b. personification
c. idiom
d. Metaphor

26. 
The hungry waves grabbed our
sand castle and pulled it into the
foamy sea.
11. The above sentence is an
example of a/an
a. idiom
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. personification

27. 
The bacon was sizzling in the frying
pan.
12. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. personification
b. hyperbole
c. onomatopoeia
d. Metaphor

28. 
Some students would rather eat dirt
and die than have to sit down and
read a book.
13. The above sentence is an example
of a/an
a. onomatopoeia
b. hyperbole
c. idiom
d. personification

29. 
Jovial Jake joined Judy for juice.
14. The above sentence is an
example of a/an
a. onomatopoeia
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. alliteration

30. 
Pop bottle, pop bottles in pop
shops.Pop bottles, pop bottles, little
Pops drops
15. The above sentence is an
example of a/an
a. alliteration
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. alliteration

31.  Alliteration Lesson Plan and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm
 Hyperbole- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm
 Idiom Lesson Plan
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm
 Imagery- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/imagery2.htm
 Lesson Plan for Puns
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/5lesson.htm
 Onomatopoeia- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm
 Personification Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm
 Proverbs- Lesson Plans and Resources
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/proverbs2.htm
Teaching Similes and Metaphors