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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
*Figurative Language is any language that has a hidden meaning.

It does not mean something exactly the way it is said or literally.

*Authors use this language to deepen the meaning of their message and to
add description and interest to their writing!

Sensory language is the technique of using words that appeal to your

senses:
Hear
See
Taste
Smell
See
5 TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT WE WILL LEARN

SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, HYPERBOLE, IMAGERY

 SIMILE:

COMPARING 2 UNLIKE OBJECTS USING THE WORDS

LIKE OR AS

The clouds looked like a patch of cotton balls.

The sun shined as bright as a strike of lightning.

The Takis tasted hot as fire!

The rainbow looked like a bag of skittles.

 METAPHOR:

COMPARING 2 UNLIKE OBJECTS USING:

AM, IS, WAS, WERE
The clouds were a patch of cotton balls.

The sun was a bright strike of lightning.

The Takis were fire!

The rainbow was a mixture of skittles.

 PERSONIFICATION:
GIVING AN OBJECT A HUMAN-LIKE TRAIT

The waves sprinted across the shore.

The rain cried to the Earth.

The wind sang through the night.

The sun smiled graciously.

 HYPERBOLE: A STATEMENT THAT EXAGGERATES OR
STRETCHES ITS LEVEL OF TRUTH

She s a running cheetah!

It was raining cats and dogs!

My heart is broken.

Im starving!
 IMAGERY:
USING WORDS TO PAINT A VISUAL PICTURE FOR THE
READER; DESCRIBING CHARACTERS AND PLACES
Authors use Imagery to provide a mental picture and image for the
readers to enjoy!

Her hair sat lazily, upon her shoulders, soft as silk and soaked with
dripping drops of water rushing to the floor.

The room smelled of gyms socks, sweat, and hamburgers after the
basketball practice.

*the sensory words add an image for the reader

DAILY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS (DAQ)
On your paper, answer the following questions to check for your
understanding:

Simile, Personification, Metaphor, Imagery,

Hyperbole

1. What key words make up a simile?

2. What base or root word do you see in personification?

3. When a writer uses sensory details (what you see, touch,

taste, feel, hear) this is known as ______________.

4. When you are hyper you may overly do things! This is a way
to remember what a ______________ is in writing. An author
exaggerates the truth.

5. When an author uses the words, is , was or were to

compare to unlike objects, he is creating a _______________.