Figurative language is words or phrases that describes one thing in terms of another. Figurative language is not meant to be taken literally. Similes, metaphors, personification and hyperboles are a few types of figurative language.
Personification is the giving of human like ways to non-human things. For example, in the book Speak, the author says "The centro bus coughs and rumbles and spits out two old women." ( 98). Another example is when the main character Melinda, describes the way her friend Heathers', clothes are. "All her clothes wait patiently on hangers..."(33)
Simile is another type of figurative language. A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as. An example is located on page 96 when Melinda tells us The snow covers yesterdays' slush and settles on the rooftops like powdered sugar on a gingerbread town.
A hyperbole is an exaggeration of what something really is. An example of this is located on page 61 when Mr. Freeman the art teacher says "You are on fire, Melinda."
- Why do you think authors use figurative language?
- What type of figurative language do you think is the most interesting and why?
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