Figurative Language

Maggie Ollen
Grade 6
Figurative Language

What IS Figurative Language?

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning
that is not literal.

metaphor
simile tab
alliteration
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole

These are some types

of figurative language.

Metaphor
comparing two nouns that are not alike

You are my sunshine.

Simile
comparing two words using "like" or "as"

Her eyes looked as

blue as the sea.

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Alliteration
the repetition of the same sound at the
beginning of words in a phrase

Lazy lizards like learning

lullabies.

Onomatopoeia
when a word sounds like the sound
it is describing

The witch stirred her

cauldron, "gurgle,
gurgle".

Can You Sort the Phrases?

Hyperbole
an exaggeration that is not meant to be
taken seriously

I am so hungry I could eat a

horse!

Highlight the hyperboles in the paragraph:

The boys ran to the park after school.

Joe ran at the speed of light! They played
baseball for two hours. After the game,
Jack said he was dying of thirst. He
chugged one hundred gallons of water.
After they had their fun, they headed
home. Joe's mom reminded him that he
had a ton of homework to do!

Personification
describing human qualities in something
that is not a person

The flowers danced in

the breeze.

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