This is for my English class. ( Sophomores )

1. Identifying
Figurative
Language
Joey , Sacramento, Borris, Ashley
Ms. Lords
Period 1
2/16/12

2. Figurative Language
 Words that represent a figure or symbol.
(Not in its literal sense; Metaphorical)

3. Types of Figurative Language
 Simile
 Imagery
 Metaphor
 Personification
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
 Hyperbole
 Idiom
 Cliché

4. Refreshment
 Simile- Figure of speech which two unlike things are
compared using like or as
 Imagery- Information in the text that gives the reader
mental images
 Metaphor- Figure of speech which a term or phrase is
compared not using like or as
 Personification- Giving an inanimate object human-like
characteristics
 Alliteration- The repeation of two or more words of a
word group with the same letter
 Onomatopoeia- Words that imitate a sound
 Hyperbole- Intentional exaggeration
 Idiom- An expression of one language whose parts
correspond to elements in another language but is not
totally translatable
 Cliché- A stereotyped expression

5. What type of Figurative Language
is this?
 “Thiswasn’t the work of a cheap carnival
tattoo man with three colors and whiskey
on his breath.”
A. Imagery
B. Alliteration
C. Idiom
D. Cliché
The Illustrated Man

6. What type of Figurative Language
is this?
 “Illustratedman walked over the hill and
stood for a moment against the sky”
A. Simile
B. Cliché
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole
The Illustrated Man

7. What type of Figurative Language
is this?
 “…It’s
time for you to get there and try
your wings…”
A. Metaphor
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Idiom
D. Hyperbole
Yesterday’s Future Came Today

8. What type of Figurative Language
is this?
 “She accused him of blowing money…”
A. Imagery
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Personification
D. Idiom
Yesterday’s Future Came Today

9. Answers
 1. Imagery
 2. Hyperbole
 3. Idiom
 4. Idiom