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Page 1: Figurative Language Adapted from TES resource Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Figurative Language

Adapted from TES resource

Page 2: Figurative Language Adapted from TES resource Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Figurative LanguageThe opposite of literal language is

figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface.

• It usually gives us a feeling about its subject.

• A writers tool• It helps the reader to visualize (see)

what the writer is thinking– It puts a picture in the readers mind

Page 3: Figurative Language Adapted from TES resource Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

What is figurative language?

• Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

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Simile

a direct comparison between two unlike things

ora way of describing something by

comparing it to something else,usually using the words

“like” or “as”

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I am hungry as a horse.

                                                       

You run like a rabbit.

                                                                        

He is sneaky as a snake.

She is happy as a clam.

Page 6: Figurative Language Adapted from TES resource Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language
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The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

The clown was a feather floating away.

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The flowers danced in the wind.

The hurricane’s winds are yelling while blowing outside my window.

The friendly gates welcomed us.

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IdiomsAn idiom is a saying the does not mean exactly

what the words themselves mean. For example “It’s raining cats and dogs,” means that it’s raining very heavily.

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What do these phrases really mean?

He was rooted to the spot!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

I was as lonely as a cloud!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

With a heavy heart!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

She was like a ray of sunshine!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

I was feeling home sick!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

There was a frog in my throat!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

He was seeing stars!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

There were butterflies in my tummy!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

It was as though the world had ended!!

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What do these phrases really mean?

She was feeling very down in the mouth!!