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Figurative Language
Mrs. Ingram
Decide if the sentences below use literal or figurative
language. Then, place an “L” or an “F” before each one.
____ 1. Eric thinks doing schoolwork is one big video game.
____ 2. Lauren has made up her mind to volunteer every
Tuesday after school.
____ 3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a
bundle of joy and sunshine.
____ 4. As I delivered my speech, my voice sounded as if I’d
swallowed rocks and sand.
____ 5. Emma may seem clumsy, but onstage she dances like a
gazelle.
____ 6. Jacob expresses many feelings through his photography.
____ 7. My teammate is a snail and a turtle combined!
____ 8. Before the soccer match, both teams attended a
sportsmanship program.
____ 9. I have a ton of paperwork to do before I can enjoy the
sun this summer.
____ 10. Sometimes I have to be my little brother’s brain.
Figurative Language
We use figures of speech in "figurative language" to add
colour and interest, and to awaken the imagination.
Figurative language is everywhere, from classical works
like Shakespeare or the Bible, to everyday speech, pop
music and television commercials. It makes the reader
or listener use their imagination and understand much
more than the plain words.
Figurative Language
Figurative language is the opposite of literal language. Literal
language means exactly what it says. Figurative language means
something different to (and usually more than) what it says on the
surface:
He ran fast. (literal)
He ran like the wind. (figurative)
In the above example "like the wind" is a figure of speech (in this
case, a simile). It is important to recognize the difference between
literal and figurative language. There are many figures of speech
that are commonly used and which you can learn by heart. At
other times, writers and speakers may invent their own figures of
speech. If you do not recognize them as figures of speech and
think that they are literal, you will find it difficult to understand
the language.
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Types of Figurative Language
Alliteration
Assonance
Cliche
Hyperbole
Idiom
Meatphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
• The repetition of usually initial consonant
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sounds in two or more neighboring words or
syllables
Example: The wild and woolly walrus waits
and wonders when we'll walk by
Assonance
• A resemblance of sound in words or
syllables
• Examples: holy & stony and Fleet feet
sweep by sleeping geese
Cliche
• A word or phrase that has become overly
familiar or commonplace
• Example: No pain, no gain
Hyperbole
• Big exaggeration, usually with humor
• Example: mile-high ice-cream cones
Idioms
• an expression in the usage of a language
that is peculiar to itself either
grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in
having a meaning that cannot be derived
from the conjoined meanings of its
elements (as Monday week for “the Monday
a week after next Monday”)
• Example: She sings at the top of her lungs
Metaphor
• Comparing two unlike things
• Example:Her hair was silk
Onomatopoeia
• Naming a thing or an action by imitating the
sound associated with it
• Example: Buzz, Hiss, Roar, Woof
Personification
• Giving something human qualities
• Example: The stuffed bear smiled as the
little boy hugged him close
Simile
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as
• Example: The sun is like a yellow ball of
fire in the sky