Figurative Language Flip Book



Figurative Language Flip Book

Definition: Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from its literal meaning. Readers can visualize what is happening. |Hyperbole

Definition: an extreme exaggeration, usually using humor

Example: I told you a million times to clean up your room. | |

|Idiom |Metaphor |

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|Definition: an expression that means something different than the meaning of |Definition: a comparison of two unlike objects stating one thing is something|

|the individual words |else. |

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|Example: It’s raining cats and dogs. You are driving me up the wall. |Example: The pillow was a cloud to sleep on. |

| |Her eyes were diamonds. |

|Irony |Simile |

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|Definition: a humorous or sarcastic expression which means the opposite of |Definition: a comparison of two unlike objects using words “like” or “as” |

|what is said | |

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|Example: Wow, amazing weather we are having for this picnic. (it’s raining |Example: She is as pretty as a flower. |

|and windy) | |

|Personification |Onomatopoeia |

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|Definition: giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to something |Definition: words or expressions that imitate the sound they make – sound |

|nonhuman. |effect words |

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|Example: The brakes squealed as we came to a sudden stop. |Example: buzz, roar, moo, sizzle, meow |

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