Figurative Language

Metaphors, similes and idioms are all types figurative language used to represent what you mean . These figures are not their literal meanings instead you use them to create an example and life-like qualities in your words.

A fish out of water
When some one says they feel like a fish out of water it doesn't mean they are an actual fish
gasping for water. It means that they feel like they do not belong and their out of their place.

Similes
Similes are a type of figurative language that is meant to compare one thing to another you would know that something is a simile when you see words such as like and as.

Metaphor
Metaphors identify one as something else

Personification
A personification is when you describe an object like a human being.

Examples

• He was boiling mad. Metaphor
• Her phone was buzzing like a bee.Simlie
• The balloon danced across the room. Personification

our teeth are like stars;
They come out at night.
They come back at dawn
When they’re ready to bite.


*This is a simile poem that compares teeth to stars.

Love Is
Love is a burning candle
It's not always easy to handle
It burns, but it's still beautiful
And it makes celebrations oh so meaningful
It's a sunset
Burning with romance
A song...
That makes you want to dance


*This is a metaphor poem it is saying how love is a burning candle.

Love Is
Love is a burning candle
It's not always easy to handle
It burns, but it's still beautiful
And it makes celebrations oh so meaningful
It's a sunset
Burning with romance
A song...
That makes you want to dance


*This is a metaphor poem it is saying how love is a burning candle.

The teapot sang as the water boiled
The ice cubes cackled in their glass
the teacups chattered to one another.
While the chairs were passing gas
The gravy gurgled merrily
As the oil danced in a pan.
Oh my dinnertime chorus
What a lovely, lovely clan!



*This is a personification poem because it's giving human features to inanimate things

Questions

• What figure of language is I'am hungry as a bear?
• What figure of language is sneaky as a snake?
• What figure of language is the pencil dashed across the paper?
• In your own words describe figurative language?