Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• Amy Johnson
• Seventh Grade
• Updated 2005

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General Objective

• District Curriculum
• CA 7-6, Objective L
• Identify figurative language, including simile,
  metaphor, personification, and hyperbole and
  relate it to an author's purpose.
• GLE
• CA 2 1.5, 1.6 CA 3 1.5, 1.6

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Concept Map
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Alliteration

• The repetition of the same initial letter, sound,
  or group of sounds in a series of words
• Tongue twisters
• Sally sold shells by the seashore.

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Hyperbole

• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one
  would believe the statement is true.
• Tall tales

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Onomatopoeia

• The use of a word to describe or imitate a
  natural sound or the sound made by an object or
  an action
• Crunch, pop, crackle

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Metaphor

• A comparison of one thing or idea to another
  which is not normally related
• The large stars are the sheep in the sky.

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Personification

• A figure of speech in which human characteristics
  are given to an animal or an object
• The tree waved at the passing tourists.

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Simile

• A figure of speech using the words like or as
  to compare one object or idea with another to
  suggest that they are alike
• Flat as a board, cool as a cucumber, hard as a
  rock

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Imagery
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Symbolism
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Practice Figurative Language
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Summary
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Career Areas

• Author
• Editors
• Teachers
• Speech Writers