Figurative language uses comparisons between objects or ideas to describe something beyond the literal meaning. Some common types of figurative language include similes, metaphors, alliteration, hyperbole, personification, allusions, and idioms. A simile directly compares two things using "like" or "as", a metaphor makes a comparison without using those words, and alliteration repeats consonant sounds. Hyperbole exaggerates, personification gives human qualities to non-human things, and idioms are culturally understood sayings.

1. Figurative Language

2. What is Figurative Language? When you describe something by comparing it with something else. Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to define or give insight into an idea or a subject.

3. Examples of Figurative Language Simile : A direct comparison using like or as . -She is as lovely as a flower. Metaphor : Direct comparison using a form of to be . Does not use like or as. -Anger is a fire you can’t put out. Alliteration : Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. -Wonderful wintry weather

4. Other Examples of Figurative Language Hyperbole : An exaggeration. Mom told me to do my homework a hundred million times! Personification : Gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. The unsteady floor whimpered beneath my footsteps. Allusion : A reference to another work or event. Like Romeo and Juliet, we were forbidden to be together. Idiom : A saying understood by a specific culture. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

5. Examples from Schooled He looked like a weeping willow in soggy sandals” (48). “ I was a worm, but at least I had the strength of character to be ashamed of it” (77).