Figurative Language(S/M/P)

• Personification gives a poem more life or impact, enabling the reader to see familiar objects in new ways by giving them human qualities like feelings, actions, speech, and appearance
• Example of personification: "The ancient car groaned into third gear"
• Simile is a figure of speech used to compare two items that are similar, using words like "as... as..." or "like..." in the comparison
• Metaphor is more intense than a simile, stating that one thing is another, like "She is a tiger"
• Figurative language uses words and expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation
• Figurative language is words and expressions that have a meaning different from the literal interpretation, used to exaggerate words and phrases and increase imagination within the reader
• Types of figurative language:

  • Similes: compare 2 items that are similar using words like 'as... as' or 'like a... '

  Example: As fast as a cheetah

  • Metaphor: more intense and exaggerated than a simile

  Example: She is a cheetah
• Personification in poetry:

  • Gives a poem more life or impact
  • Enables the reader to see familiar objects in new ways by giving them human qualities like feelings, actions, speech, and appearance (applied to non-human things)
• Example: "The ancient car groaned into third gear"
• Personification helps the reader understand, sympathize with, or react emotionally to non-human things