This document defines and provides examples of various types of figurative language, including similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, and idioms. It explains that figurative language involves describing something by comparing it to something else rather than being literal. Examples are provided for each type to illustrate how each technique compares or associates two unlike entities in a unique way.

1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

2. WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ?
• WHEN YOU DESCRIBE SOMETHING BY COMPARING
IT WITH SOME THING ELSE , YOU ARE USING
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
• THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

3. SIMILES, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLES AND
PERSONIFICATION
• THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ONE YOU MIGHT
KNOW.
• LETS TAKE CLOSE LOOK !

4. WHAT IS A SIMILE?
• A SIMILE USES WORDS “LIKE” OR “AS” TO COMPARE
ONE OBJECT WITH ANOTHER TO SUGGEST THEY
ARE ALIKE OR SIMILAR.
• EXAMPLE : HE WAS BUSY AS A BEE.
• SHE WAS SILLY LIKE A CLOWN.

5. WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
• A METAPHOR IS LIKE A SIMILE. IT COMPARES TWO
THINGS BUT DOES NOT USE WORD “LIKE” OR “AS”.
A SIMILE SAYS YOU ARE LIKE SOMETHING BUT A
METAPHOR SAY YOU SOMETHING.
• EG: THE BOTTOM OF OCEAN IS A DARK CAVE.

6. WHAT IS A HYPERBOLE?
• A HYPERBOLE IS AN EXAGGERATION THAT IS SO
DRAMATIC THAT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE THE
STATEMENT IS TRUE.
• E.G: HE WAS SO HUNGRY, HE ATE THE WHOLE COW FOR
LUNCH , TAIL AND ALL.
• MY TEACHER IS SO OLD, SHE DOESN,T EVEN REMEMBER
HER OWN NAME!

7. WHAT IS A PERSONIFICATION?
• PERSONIFICATION IS WHERE HUMAN
CHARACTERISTICS ARE GIVEN TO AN ANIMAL OR
AN OBJECT.
• EG: MY TEDDY BEAR GAVE ME A HUG.
• THE FLOWERS DANCED IN THE BREEZE.

8. WHAT IS ALLITERATION?
• ALLITERATION IS REPEATED CONSONANTS
SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS/ GROUP
OF WORDS.
• EG: SALLY SOLD SEASHELLS BY SEA SHORES.

9. WHAT IS ONOMATOPOEIA?
• ONOMATOPOEIA IS A WORD THAT IMITATES A
SOUND.
• EG: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
• BOOM!

10. WHAT IS IMAGERY?
• IMAGERY IS DESCRIBING USING DETAILS
PARTICULARLY SENSORY DETAILS AS….
• SIGHT SOUND , TASTE , TOUCH AND SMELL.

11. WHAT IS AN IDIOMS?
• IDIOM IS AN EXPRESSIONS THAT USUALLY
CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY DEFINING THE
SEPARATE WORDS.
• EG: TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT LAUNCH,
WE MUST GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
• AN ENTREPRENEUR MUST KEEP HIS FINGERS ON
THE PULSE OF THE MARKET TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

12. NOW LET’S SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ON YOUR OWN.

13. LOOK AT THE SENTENCE ..SEE IF U CAN
DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATION
LANGUAGE IT IS !
• HIS SKIN WAS TAN LIKE SAND IN DESERT.

14. HIS SKIN WAS TAN LIKE THE SAND IN DESERT.
SIMILE: IT USE THE WORD “LIKE” TO COMPARE THE
COLOR OF HIS SKIN TO SAND.

15. THESE PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY IN MAKING MONEY,
THEY CAN’T SEE BEYOND THE END OF THEIR NOSE.
• IDIOM: IF CAN’T BEYOND THE END OF YOUR
NOSE, YOU THINK SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF
AND WHAT AFFECTS YOU THAT YOU DO NOT SEE
WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

16. MY BROTHER IS SO SKINNY, HE COULD BE A
TELEPHONE POLE.

17. MY BROTHER IS SO SKINNY, HE COULD BE A
TELEPHONE POLE.
HYPERBOLE: THIS AN EXAGGERATION ! NO ONE IS
AS SKINNY AS A TELEPHONE POLE.

18. AFTER WE MOVED OUT, OUR HOUSE WAS AN
EMPTY SHELL.

19. AFTER WE MOVED OUT, OUR HOUSE WAS AN
EMPTY SHELL.
• METAPHOR: THIS SENTENCE IS COMPARING A
HOUSE TO A EMPTY SHELL.

20. THE POPCORN JUMPED IN MY MOUTH SO FAST
THAT I ATE THE WHOLE BOWL.

21. THE POPCORN JUMPED IN MY MOUTH SO FAST
THAT I ATE THE WHOLE BOWL.
• PERSONIFICATION: POPCORN CANNOT REALLY
JUMP INTO YOUR MOUTH. IT IS GIVING HUMAN
CHARACTERISTICS TO POPCORN.

22. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS EVERY WHERE…
• POETRY
• SHORT/STORIES/NOVEL
• MUSIC
• ADVERTISEMENTS (BILLBOARDS, COMMERCIALS,
ETC.)
• EVEN IN OUR DAILY SPOKEN LANGUAGES

23. THANKS
BY SIDRA MEHDI