The document discusses different types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, and personification. A simile directly compares two things using like or as. A metaphor impliedly compares two things by stating one thing is the other. Personification gives human traits to animals or objects. Examples of each type are provided to illustrate the differences.

1. W A L T : u s e f ig u r a t iv e
F ig u
l r a ni vg uaa g ue g e i s l a n g u a g e t h a t
a t e l ng a .
h a s a m e a n in g o t h e r t h a n it s lit e r a l
m e a n in g .
S im ile - C o m p a r e s t w o
t h in g s u s in g " lik e " o r
M" e tsa "p h o r - C o m p a r e s
a
t w o t h in g s
b y s a y in g o n e t h in g
P" ei s s otn ie i coat t i o n . G i v e s
r" hf he r-
h u m a n t r a it s
t o a n im a ls o r o b je c t s .

2. Which of these is a…simile? metaphor? personification?
Why?
H e r h a ir is
s ilk .
T h e b ir d s a n g lik e
a n o p e ra s ta r.
H e r fe e t
w e re a s
b ig a s
b o a ts .

3. Which of these is a…simile? metaphor? personification?
Why?
M y h o u s e w e lc o m e d m e
w it h o p e n a r m s .
Th e s n o w m a n 's
ha nds w e re a s
t h in a s
The s e a w a s p r e t z e ls .
a n a ng ry
mo ns te r.

4. "Let's Get Literal!!"
Read the following figurative language sentences.
With your talking partner, discuss what kind of
figurative language is being used and tell them what
the sentences really mean.
The girl was a fish in The flowers danced
the water. in the wind.
I am as hungry as
a horse!

5. W it h y o u r t a lk in g p a r t n e r f in d t h e
f ig u r a t iv e la n g u a g e .
R e c o r d t h e s e o n a w h it e b o a r d a n d s a y
w h e t h e r t h e y a r e a m e t a p h o r , s im ile o r
p e r s o n if ic a t io n .
One day I was sitting as peacefully as a
basking cat in my garden. I watched my dog
chewing on his bone. The butterflies were
drops of paint floating in the sky. The sun
caressed my face while the wind was as light
as tickling feathers on my cheeks. I soon
began to feel as hot as a bowl of soup.
My house welcomed me with open arms into
its air conditioned rooms. The living room was
an igloo! The couch invited me to sit on it
and warm up in the blanket. I began to feel
sleepy and easily napped like a newborn baby.

6. S im ile s
• a s p e a c e f u lly a s a b a s k in g c a t
• w in d a s lig h t a s t ic k lin g f e a t h e r s /
• a s hot a s a bow l of s oup
• n a p p e d lik e a n e w b o r n b a b y
M e ta p ho rs
• b u t t e r f lie s w e r e d r o p s o f
p a in t
• liv in g r o o m w a s a n ig lo o
P e r s o n if ic a t io n
• s u n c a re s s e d m y fa c e
• h o u s e w e lc o m e d m e w it h o p e n
a rms
• c o u c h in v it e d m e t o o n it

7. Think about the picture.
Write a metaphor to
describe yourself in the
snow.
T h in k a b o u t t h e
o c e a n . W r it e a
s im ile t o
d e s c r ib e h o w
L o o k a t the yo u fe e l th e r e .
p ic t u r e o f
t h e c it y ,
t h e n w r it e
yo u r o w n
p e r s o n if ic a
t io n

8. REMEMB
E R ! e " lik e " o r
S im ile s u s
“ as”
M e t a p h o r s t e ll w h a t
s o m e t h in g IS
P e r s o n if ic a t io n
g iv e s h u m a n t r a it s
t o a n im a ls o r