Figurative Language

5th Grade Language Arts PPT

1. Figurative
Language

2. What is FL?
Whenever you describe something by
comparing it with something else, you
are using figurative language. Any
language that goes beyond the literal
meaning of words in order to furnish
new effects or fresh insights into an
idea or a subject. The most common
figures of speech are simile,
metaphor, and alliteration.

3. Imagery
Language creating a mental
picture that makes readers see,
hear, taste, or feel things in their
imagination.

4. *Imagery Example*
Which sentences uses imagery?
The sun was shining brightly in the
sky.
The bright yellow sun beamed down
on my shoulders, wrapping me in a
blanket of sunshine.

5. Similes
A figure of speech that makes a
comparison of TWO unlike things.
Similes use two words to compare:
LIKE or AS

6. *Similes Example*
The news Paulina received over the
phone must have been terrible; she
turned limp as a dishrag.
The teacher was busy teaching, when
suddenly, an obstinate student
interrupted the lesson. The teacher’s
face reddened like a hot iron.

7. Personification
This is a device in which authors give
human characteristics to non-human
things.
These non-human things could be: an
animal, a piece of furniture, a stuffed
animal…etc.

8. *Personification Example*
Which uses personification?
The car groaned as it climbed up the
hill.
The car made a sound as it went up
the hill.

9. Hyperbole
This is an exaggeration used for
effect.
It helps the reader to understand the
extent of the emotion, attitude, or
feeling.

10. *Hyperbole Example*
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!
Jan is so tired, she could sleep for a
week!
The rain that fell Thursday, fell for a
million hours.

11. Metaphor
Compares two basically unlike things,
BUT it does not use the words like or
as.
A metaphor describes something as
“it is”

12. *Metaphor Example*
The contestant’s knees were jiggling
jelly when she stepped forward to
take her turn.
The small blonde girl’s hair was silk.