Figurative Language

Figurative language helps make reading a text more interesting. True or False

• True

• False

What does the use of this simile tell us about Jimmy

• He eats outside with pigs

• He eats messy like pigs

What 2 things are being compared in this simile?

• Her eyes and blue

• The sky and the grass

• Her eyes and the sky

Which one IS a simile?

• Maria can swim like a fish

• Maria would like to swim next

What is a simile?

• A type of figurative language that repeats the initial sound.

• A type of figurative language that is a sound noise.

• A type of figurative language that compares two things and uses like or as.

What is this metaphor comparing?

• a kitten to a lion

• a tree to a boy

What is a metaphor?

• A type of figurative language that compares two things using like or as.

• A type of figurative language that is a sound word.

• A type of figurative language that compares two things and does NOT use like or as.

What does this sentence want us to picture in our minds?

• Seeds having a party outside

• Seeds being blown all directions by wind

What is personification?

• A type of figurative language that compares two things using like or as.

• A type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to something that is not human.

• A type of figurative language that is an exaggeration.

Which sentence is hyperbole (extreme exaggeration)

• It took a long time to get here!

• I walked a million miles to get here!