Figurative Language Education Presentation Southwestern Illustration

Figurative Language

Can you name any types?

Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

idiom

Personification

Alliteration

metaphor

Simile

Figurative Language includes:

She was as sharp as a cactus.

Simile

A comparison of two things using the words like or as

A blue sombrero is a crown of the night sky on your head.

A comparison of two things using the words is and are

Metaphor

For example: The water was as cold as ice.

Write a metaphor or simile about this image.

Sam's sheriff star shone in the moonlight.

A phrase that starts with the same sounds

Alliteration

The arms of the cactus reached out to hug passersby.

Give an inanimate object human characteristics

Personification

Spur of the moment (to act on impulse)

A phrase with deeper meaning than the literal understanding

Idiom

The horseshoe attracted all the luck in the world.

An extremely exaggerated meaning

Hyperbole

The crackling campfire warmed us on that chilly night.

A word that sounds like the noise it describes.

Onomatopoeia

Write one example of figurative language in your notebook.