- Figurative Language
- Figurative language is words and phrases that mean something different than the words mean themselves. Figurative language is used often in poetry, songs, and other types of writing.
The main types of figurative language are:
Hyperbole – an obvious exaggeration
Example: Is it one million degrees in this room!
Personification – giving non-human things human characteristics
Example: The leaves danced in the wind.
Metaphor – comparing two, unlike things by saying one is the other.
Example: I am a rock.
Simile – comparing two, unlike things using “like” or “as.”
Example: She runs like the wind.