Literal and Figurative language

• Literal language is the language that means just what it says without using comparison, overstatement, or understatement.
• Figurative language uses words to express ideas indirectly by comparing them with other things.
• What are the types of figurative languages?

  metaphors, similes, personifaction and hyperbole
• Metaphor - A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as". It states one thing is another.
• Personification - Giving human qualities to non-human objects or animals.
• Simile - A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'.
• Hyperbole - An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
• “It was raining a lot, so I rode the bus.”

  Literal
• "It was raining cats and dogs, so I rode the bus"

  Figurative, hyperbole
• I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

  Figurative
• She is as fast as a cheetah!

  Simile
• He was late to dinner

  Literal
• I stayed up late last night, I’m so tired!

  Literal
• They are as busy as bees.

  Simile
• Time is money.

  Metaphor
• They sky is pale blue with few clouds.

  Literal
• The sky is full of dancing stars.

  personification
• The dawn crept across the sky in pink clothing.

  personification
• The darkness surrounded them with a cold embrace.

  personification