Figurative Language Recap:

Figurative Language Recap: 

Define the phrase- Figurative language and literal language. 

Figurative language: is used to help persuade people into believing your statement is true. So basically basically a piece of writing that includes facts and engages the reader. 

Literal language: it is basically a more proper way to write. That means that the writer tends to go more in depth and a more complicated piece of writing that some readers find challenging to read.  

Simile: its when you compare object/things with another. 

I was as fast as a cheater.

I run as slow as a snail.

I'm as tall as a dinosaur. 

Metaphor: Basically means pairing something with another thing that doesn't normally go together. 

The Paper was as white as snow. 

He looked like a shinning star.

His tear fell like rain drops.

Idiom: Is phrase's that aren't meant to be taken literally. 

Its raining cats and dogs

The light bulb was as bright as the sun.

Its was like a oven outside because of how hot it was.

Alteration: using the same letter three times in a row to explain something.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 

Peter piper pick a pickle.

She owned three tempered and tedious turtles.

Hyperbole: Something that is used to be exaggerated. 

An example of hyperbole is saying you are so hungry you could eat a horse.

Another example is I was so thirsty I could drink a whole lake. 

The last example is I was so tired I could literally sleep in a 

box.

Personification: Giving  human like features to a non-human like object. 

The wind whispered through dry grass.
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
Time and tide wait for none.


Onomatopoeia: Used to describe sound.

Boom! went the bomb 
Pop! went the balloon as it popped.  
Shush! the teacher told to kid. 
Assonance: The same vowel and words that sound similar used in a sentence to explain something in more detail. 

Clap your hand and stamp your feet. 
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. 
Twice in the high night. 

Consonance: Basically means not to use vowels, like its when you don't use vowels in any piece of writing or text.

I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish. 
The black sack is in the back. 
Toss the glass, boss.