FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figurative Language: language that appeals to the imagination.

Figures of Speech: Figures of speech are one of the literary devices that helps in enhancing a language. There are many figures of speech in the English language that help in expressing words used in an extraordinary way to add beauty and emotional intensity to the language.

Metaphor: a comparison of two different things that does not use connecting words

Some examples of metaphors include:

He was a lion in the battlefield.

The running back is a bulldozer.

Simile: a comparison of two unrelated things using the connecting words like or as

Some examples of similes include:

Oh, my love is like a red, red rose.

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.

Personification: when the author give human qualities to an object, animal, or idea

Some examples of personification are:

The monkey talked his way out of the jam.

My car was happy to be washed.

Hyperbole: a deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point

(This figure of speech is mainly used in jokes or as a way of insult.

It is to dramatize a normal situation or to make it look worse.)

Some examples of hyperbole are:

The whole world was staring at me.

It is going to take a zillion years to get through medical school.

My backpack weighs a ton.