Welcome to the

Wonderful World of

Figurative Language

Personification• A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.

Personification• The sun

peeked over the mountain tops.

Personification• After a long

day of work, the swimming pool was calling my name.

Personification

Pathetic Fallacy

• A form of personification

• Gives human emotions to inanimate objects

Pathetic Fallacy

• The angry storm approached quickly.

Pathetic Fallacy

• The bitter winter carried on endlessly.

Pathetic Fallacy

• One lonely slice of pizza remained.

As a group• Complete exercise numbers one and two in

your packet.

Simile• Comparison of

unrelated things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Simile• Life is like a

box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.

Simile

• He ran down the field like a freight train.

Simile• She was as

quiet as a mouse.

Metaphor• Comparison

of unrelated things without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Metaphor• Life is a

highway.

Metaphor• Time is

money.

Metaphor

• You are my sunshine.

As a group• Complete numbers three and four.

Idioms

• A group of words meaning something different than their literal definition.

Idioms

Idioms

Idioms

On your own• Complete number five.

Euphemism

• Mild words used to blunt the effect of more unpleasant words

Euphemism

Euphemism

Euphemism

• He spent a few months in the correctional facility.

As a group• Complete number six.

Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole

Alliteration• The repetition

of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Alliteration• Like loads of

laundry lying on the lovely linoleum.

Alliteration• Sally sells

seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

• Those creepy crawly critters caused a cramp in my cranium.

On your own• Complete seven and eight.

Irony

• A situation contrary to what is expected.

Irony

Irony

Irony

Oxymoron

• Contradictory words or ideas.

Oxymoron

Oxymoron

Oxymoron

As a group• Complete number 10

Contrast

• Pointing out differences between things.

Contrast

• "Unlike most babies, Stuart could walk as soon as he was born."(E.B. White, Stuart Little. Harper, 1945)

Contrast

• George runs three miles daily, yet Paul hates to exercise.

Contrast

• While Kim likes prime rib, Tom prefers rice and vegetables.

Homonym

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

Homonyms

On your own• Complete 11 and 12 and any other

questions in the packet you have not finished.