Jack Dablemont Figurative Language
Jack Dablemont Figurative Language
Jack Dablemont Figurative Language
Mrs. Mahony
English 2
27 July, 2010
Figurative Language
Figurative language is an effective tool for creating vibrant, clear, and detailed descriptions. Authors use
figurative language to create a vivid picture in your mind without explaining every detail. Figurative
language appeals to your imagination, which helps keep you interested in the novel. Three common forms
of figurative language are similes, metaphors, and personification.
Look at the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE CHART. Read and identify the type of figurative language used
in each quotation. Then, describe the picture it creates in your mind. The first one has been done for you.
Type of Figurative
Image / Idea / Picture
Quotation Language
It creates in your mind
(simile or metaphor)
Now, you’ll write some figurative language on your own. In the following WRITE YOUR OWN
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE CHART, you will find ordinary sentences that contain very little description
and no figurative language. Rewrite them so that they included similes, metaphors, or personification.
Create at least three examples of similes and three examples of metaphors. You may want to include at least
one form of personification. Then, name the type of figurative language that you have used for each. The
first three have been done as examples.
That spring was a My favorite season has come to an end like death Simile
good one.
Calpurnia put her She laid her branch-like arm on top of my shoulder. Metaphor
hand on my
shoulder.
He stood beside the While he was next to the table, it was like he was Simile
table. waiting for a bus to come.