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Figurative

Language
Group 7
Group Name :

-Muhammad Hafifi
-Nur Khathir Muamar
-Ramadan Mandala
-Mutiara Ramadan
- Ahya Karima
Literal Figurative Language

• Literal Language – Literal


language means exactly what it
says, whereas figurative language
uses similes, metaphors,
hyperbole, and personification to
describe something often through
comparison with something
different. See example below.
Literal Description • The grass
looks green
• Figurative Language – . is a type of
communication that does not use a
word's strict or realistic meaning.
Common in comparisons and
exaggerations, figurative language is
usually used to add creative flourish to
written or spoken language or explain a
complicated idea
FIGURATIVE SENTENCES
1. Time is money.
2. Life is a roller coaster.
3. The classroom is a zoo.
4. He is a night owl.
5. You are my sunshine.
6. Stars are sparkling diamonds.
7. Her beautiful voice was like music to his ears.
8. Snow is a white blanket.
9. My teacher is a dragon.
10. His words are like cotton candy
LITERAL SENTENCES
(Figurative)
1. Grass looks green.
1.Sands feel rough.
2.The flower smells sweet.
3.Grasshoppers make a high pitched noise.
4.Water is wet.
5.The pillow is comfy.
6.Human has two eyes.
7.Cat has two legs.
8. The salt is salty.
9.The sun is bright
Seven Types of Figurative
Language
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
Simile
• comparing two unlike things using the
words “like” or “as”.
• example is:
1. Her eyes were like stars.

2. Susan is as gentle as
a kitten.
Hyperbole
• an exaggeration so dramatic, no one could
believe it; overstate to emphasize a point.
• example is :

1. This bag weighs a ton!

2. I've told you a million


times to clean up your
room!
Alliteration
• the repeating of the same letter or sound,
especially consonant sounds….including
tongue twisters.
Miss Warren was worried
when Wendy was waiting.

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Peter Piper picked a peck of


pickled peppers.
Metaphor
• comparing two unlike things without using like or as.
Calling one thing, another. Saying one thing is
something else.

He’s a lion when he fights.

Her eyes were sparkling


emeralds.

My love is a red, red


rose.
Personification

• giving human characteristics to things that


are not human.

The angry flood waters


slapped the house.

The sun smiled down on us.


Onomatopoeia
• the use of a word to describe or imitate a
natural sound made by an object or action.
Words that sound like what they mean.
Figurative Language Quiz

1.The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran
across the ice.
2.The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.
3.The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game

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