FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figurative language helps you see ordinary things in an unusual way.

Author's use it to help create vivid images in the minds of their readers.

When authors compare something common to something extraordinary, their use of words often goes beyond dictionary meanings.

SIMILE

DEFINITION:

Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

EXAMPLES: ? He is as strong as an ox. ? Her words are like food to my soul.

DEFINITION:

An implied comparison of two things using "is" or "was."

METAPHOR

EXAMPLE:

?The umbrella is a roof over my head. ?The stream was a ribbon of light.

PERSONIFICATION

DEFINITION:

a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-humans (animals, objects, ideas).

EXAMPLE:

The leaves danced around the yard.

TAKS QUESTION TIPS

CORRECT ANSWER:

Must support the comparison implied by the figurative language.

CORRECT ANSWER (DISTRACTOR):

Does not support the comparison implied by the figurative language.

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