Figurative Language Reference Guide
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Figurative Language Reference Guide
📖 WALT: We Are Learning To identify and understand figurative language
🎯 Success Criteria:
• I can define different types of figurative language
• I can recognise figurative language in texts
• I can create my own examples of figurative language
🌟 Figurative Language Definitions & Examples
SIMILE - Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Example: She runs like the wind. / He's as brave as a lion.
METAPHOR - Compares two things by saying one IS the other
Example: Time is money. / Her voice is music to my ears.
PERSONIFICATION - Gives human qualities to non-human things
Example: The wind whispered through the trees. / The sun smiled down on us.
HYPERBOLE - Extreme exaggeration for effect
Example: I've told you a million times! / I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
ALLITERATION - Repetition of the same starting sound
Example: Peter Piper picked pickled peppers. / Big blue balloon.
ONOMATOPOEIA - Words that sound like what they describe
Example: Buzz, crash, sizzle, bang, meow, woof.
💡 Quick Tips for Remembering
Simile: Look for "like" or "as" - SIMple to spot!
Metaphor: No "like" or "as" - it says something IS something else
Personification: Animals, objects, or nature acting like PEOPLE
Hyperbole: So over the top it can't be true!
🚀 Extension Challenge:
Advanced learners: Research and add definitions for: Idiom, Oxymoron, Symbolism
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