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Figurative language

Figurative language. By: Pedro Martinez. Simile. She is as wise as a owl. Comparison of two things using “like” or “as”. Metaphor. She has a stone heart. Two things are compared without using “like” or “as”. Personification. The sunlight danced. Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

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Figurative language

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  1. Figurative language By: Pedro Martinez

  2. Simile She is as wise as a owl. • Comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

  3. Metaphor She has a stone heart. • Two things are compared without using “like” or “as”

  4. Personification The sunlight danced • Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

  5. Onomatopoeia Words that represent actual sound of something are word of onomatopoeia • The dog barked (“bark, bark, bark!!”)

  6. Hyperbole I’ll love you forever. • Exaggerating to show string feeling or effect.

  7. Alliteration Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • The repetition of the first consonant sound in words, as in nursery rhymes.

  8. understatement Ill be there in a second. • Expression with less strength than expected.

  9. Idioms Its raining cats and dogs • Expressions that don’t mean what exactly what they say.

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