Transcript Figurative Language

Figurative Language
Language that does not literally (really)
mean what it says.
Requires the reader to use their
imagination to figure out what the author
really means.
It helps the reader VISUALIZE what the
author is talking about.
Simile
Comparing two unlike things
using the words “like” or “as.”
Saying one thing is LIKE
another.
She swims like a fish.
Peter laughs like a hyena.
Mr. John is as wise as an owl.
Because I was embarrassed, my face
was as red as a ripe tomato.
The world is like a stage.
That girl has hair like gold.
What happens to a dream deferred?
does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun
(Langston Hughes)
My love is like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June.
My love is like a melody,
That’s sweetly played in tune.
(Robert Burns)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats high over the hills.
(William Wordsworth)
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike
things NOT using “like” or
“as.”
Saying one thing IS
another.
He was a tornado, blasting his way through the
opposing team.
He was a lion in the fight.
The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy
seas.
Education is your passport to satisfying
employment.
My grandfather is my guiding star who gives me direction.
When he left his small town and moved to the city,
Mark was a fish out of water.
During June, the classroom was an oven, and the students
baked inside it.
The conductor on the train called out to the passengers. His
voice was a bass drum echoing throughout the car.
What would you put in the blank space to
complete this metaphor?
The __________ is a red-eyed
monster, immobile and
metallic, refereeing the traffic
while remaining undisturbed.
Simile or Metaphor?
1.
My life is an open book.
2.
His eyes were saucers when he saw the pile of gifts.
3.
My steak was awful. It was as tough as nails.
4.
Tom is a parrot that repeats everything you say.
5.
I am as gentle as a kitten.
6.
Time is a thief that steals away years.
When making a simile or metaphor
about something, ask yourself:
What does it look like?
What does it look like?
What does it sound like?
What does it look like?
What does it do?