FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

What is figurative language?

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally Types of figurative language = figures of

speech Writers use it to state ideas in vivid and

imaginative ways

Onomatopoeia

the use of words that imitate SOUND …”there’s going to be BOOM-BOOM,

BANG-BANG, CRASH!” Any more examples you know?

Repetition

The use, more than ONCE, of any element of language Ex. Ring, ring, ring… Ring, ring, ring… Where have you seen repetition while you

were reading?

Symbolism

The use of symbols, or anything that represents or stands for something else

Irony

A contradiction between what happens and what is said

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant SOUNDS

Simile

A comparison between two different things using “like” or “as Ex. “…and the traffic had packed the main

river till it was hard and glassy as glare ice.”

Metaphor

An implied comparison between different things that do not use “like” or “as” Ex. “The road was a ribbon of moonlight.”

Extended Metaphor

A metaphor that is continued through several sentences or paragraphs “The winds were ocean waves, thrashing

against the tree limbs. The gales only ceasing when the sun went down. Their waved clashed brilliantly with the brining foam and dying leaves to the shore.”

Personification

A form of figurative language in which a lifeless object, an animal, or an idea is made to act like a person

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for effect Not meant to be taken literally

Ex. “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.”

Allusion

A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event That you were Romeo, you were throwing

pebbles,And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"And I was crying on the staircaseBegging you, "Please don't go"And I said...