1. WALT: use figurative language.
Figurative language is language that has a meaning other
than its literal meaning.
Simile- Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Metaphor- Compares two things
by saying one thing "is" the other.
Personification- Gives human traits
to animals or objects.

2. Which of these is a…simile? metaphor? personification?
Why?
Her hair is silk.
The bird sang like an
opera star.
Her feet were
as big as
boats.

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.
Think about the ocean. Write
a simile to describe how you
feel there.
Look at the picture
of the city, then
write your own
personification
sentence.

8. REMEMB
ER!
Similes use "like" or “as”
Metaphors tell what
something IS
Personification gives human
traits to animals or
objects.