Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Sometimes what you need is not exactly what you say. It’s using words in a different way.

Figurative Language

Sometimes what you need is not exactly what you say. It’s using words in a different way.

Used to draw a literary image.

Personification

• Taking an object and giving it human qualities

• Sun shining down• Boat hugged the shore

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner • Mr. Clean

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner

• Mr. Clean

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal• Snack Cake

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal• Snack Cake

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch• Little Debbie

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal• Snack Cake• Tires

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch• Little Debbie

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal• Snack Cake• Tires

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch• Little Debbie• The Michelin Man

Companies use Personification

• Household Cleaner• Oven Cleaner• Pancake Syrup• Cereal• Snack Cake• Tires• Vegetables

• Mr. Clean• Mr. Muscle• Aunt Jemima• Cap’n Crunch• Little Debbie• The Michelin Man• Jolly Green Giant

• Kleenex says bless you.(Kleenex facial tissues)

• Nothing hugs like Huggies.(Huggies Supreme diapers)

• Unwrap a smile.(Little Debbie snack cakes)

• Goldfish. The snack that smiles back.(Goldfish snack crackers)

• Cottonelle. Looking out for the family.(Cottonelle toilet paper)

• You're in good hands with Allstate.(Allstate Insurance Company)

• The heartbeat of America.(Chevrolet cars)

• The car that cares(Kia cars)

• Acer. We hear you.(Acer computers)

• How will you use us today?(Avery Labels)

Alliteration

• Same Sound at the start of every word

• Sally seems to sit somewhere separate than Sonya

• Caleb calls Chris cause he’s coming to California

Assonance

• Same vowel sound in words

• “Try to light the fire”

Hyperbole

• Takes the truth and exaggerates it way farther

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• I have a million things to do today.

• The whole world was staring at me

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes

• Buzz• Ding• Hiss

Comic Strips

• Make frequent use of

• Bam • Pow• Wham• ker-splash• lickety-wop

• In 2002, DC Comics introduced a villain named Onomatopoeia, an athlete, martial artist and weapons expert who only speaks sounds.

• in Alka-Seltzer's "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!" jingle, recorded in two different versions (big band and rock) by Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Rice Krispies makes a "snap, crackle, pop" when one pours on milk.

• Click it or ticket(click of the connecting seatbelt; US DOT

campaign).

Simile

• Used 2 compare 2 unrelated things with an element that is shared (using like or as)

• My mind is LIKE an ocean• It’s as smooth AS jazz

Metaphor

• Similar to Simile without using Like or As

• My words are a river• My mind is an ocean