FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Figurative language:
Language that uses words or
expressions with a meaning
that is different from the literal
meaning.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Metaphor: A comparison of two
things that are not alike.
Example:
My little sister is a doll.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Simile: A comparison of two
things that are not alike by
using “like” or “as”
Example:
Her lips are like roses.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Personification: Giving human
characteristics to an animal or
object
Example:
The trees groaned in the wind.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Hyperbole: A great
exaggeration used to
emphasize a point. It is usually
used for comic effect.
Example:
I own at least 3,000 pairs of
shoes.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Onomatopoeia: A single word
that sounds like the thing to
which it refers
Examples:
buzz, ring, clink, pop
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Paradox: A statement or
situation containing apparently
contradictory or incompatible
elements
Example:
“War is peace. Freedom is
slavery.”
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Oxymoron: A combination of
contradictory terms that do not
make sense together literally
Examples:
Old news, living dead,
enormously small
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Idiom: A contradictory phrase
that has become a common
expression
Examples:
Put a lid on it.
It costs an arm and a leg.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Alliteration: The repetitions of
initial consonant sounds in
neighboring words
Examples:
Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers.
Sixty slimy snakes
IMAGERY
Figurative language creates
imagery.
IMAGERY
Imagery: the use of figurative
or descriptive language in a
literary work to create a mental
image in the mind of a reader. It
usually involves your five
senses (hearing, touch, taste,
sight, and smell).