Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• Similes and Metaphors

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Figurative Language

• A writers tool
• It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the
  writer is thinking
• It puts a picture in the readers mind

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Simile

• A simile is used to compare two things
• It uses the words like or as to make
  comparisons.

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Simile

• Krissy is as pretty as a picture.
• Her hair shines like the sun.
• Her eyes sparkle like the stars in the sky.

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Metaphor

• A metaphor is used to compare two things
• Instead of saying something is like or as ---
  a metaphor states that it just IS.

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Metaphor

• Johns mind is a computer.
• My mom is a workhorse.
• Bob is a snake in the grass.

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Simile

• Martys feet smell like rotten fish.

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Metaphor

• Ginger is an angel.