Figurative Figurative LanguageLanguage

Jennifer ParnellJennifer ParnellNorth Belmont ElementaryNorth Belmont Elementary

Examples:Examples:•SimilesSimiles•IdiomsIdioms•MetaphorMetaphorss

Similes are sentences Similes are sentences that compare two unlike that compare two unlike objects using like or as.objects using like or as.– The girl’s hair is as yellow as The girl’s hair is as yellow as

the sun.the sun.– The boy runs like a rabbit.The boy runs like a rabbit.

Idioms are sentences Idioms are sentences that cannot be that cannot be

understood by the understood by the meanings of their meanings of their separate words.separate words.– I’m in hot water with my mom!I’m in hot water with my mom!

– Are you feeling blue today?Are you feeling blue today?

Metaphors are sentences Metaphors are sentences that use one idea or that use one idea or

thing in place of another thing in place of another to show a likeness to show a likeness between the two.between the two.– That report was That report was

dynamite!dynamite!– The boy is an The boy is an

egghead.egghead.

Can you name Can you name each type of each type of

figurative figurative language?language?

The Christmas tree was a jewel in the forest.

metaphor

Granddaddy was sleeping as soundly as a bear in hibernation.simile

The boy can swim like a fish.simile

The lady was a songbird.metaphor

The old lady was moving like a snail.

simile

Steve was a leaping frog as he jumped the

brook.metaphor

You crack me up!idiom

I’m in the doghouse!idiom