Figurative Language

First Off, What is Figurative Language?

• Non-literal language
• Can be used to tell jokes.
• Can be used to make deep comparisons
• Can help to create a visual experience.
• Some examples are simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole.

Simile!

Simile Examples
"He's as happy as a pig in mud."
"I love you like a love song baby"
"Just own, the night, like the fourth of July."

Metaphor!

Metaphor Examples

• You're my kryptonite.
• You are the thunder and I am the lightning.
• My heart's a stereo, it only beats for you.
• I feel so close to you right now, it's a forcefield.
• You shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am titanium.

Personification

Personification Examples

• Boy you got my heartbeat running away.
• Cause I get a thousand hugs, from ten thousand lightning bugs
• My shadow's the only one who walks beside me.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole examples:
"My loneliness is killing me."
"Tonight, we are young, so let's set the world on fire."