The City School Prep Girls, North Nazimabad EnglishClass 7 The Phantom Tollbooth Name _____________________________ Date_________________ Figurative Language is the term given to a variety of writing “tricks” used by authors to help the readers see, hear, taste, smell, and feel the events and scenes in their stories. There are many different types of figurative language. Metaphor = a comparison between two essentially unalike things. Personification = a type of metaphor in which human qualities are give to non-human things such as animals or objects. Simile = a comparison of two unlike things using words such as like or as. Allegory = A story with a hidden second meaning. Hyperbole = Gross exaggeration used to make a point. Type of F.L. Quote Explanation Personification “The late-afternoon sunlight Leaping, sliding, and dropping leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, are human characteristics given slid along branches and down to the sunlight. trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches.” Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Oxymoron
The City School Prep Girls, North Nazimabad EnglishClass 7 The Phantom Tollbooth Name _____________________________ Date_________________ Figurative Language is the term given to a variety of writing “tricks” used by authors to help the readers see, hear, taste, smell, and feel the events and scenes in their stories. There are many different types of figurative language. Metaphor = a comparison between two essentially unalike things. Personification = a type of metaphor in which human qualities are give to non-human things such as animals or objects. Simile = a comparison of two unlike things using words such as like or as. Allegory = A story with a hidden second meaning. Hyperbole = Gross exaggeration used to make a point. Type of F.L. Quote Explanation Personification “The late-afternoon sunlight leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, slid along branches and down trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches.” Leaping, sliding, and dropping are human characteristics given to the sunlight. Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Oxymoron
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