Creative Writing

Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Figurative language is a figure of speech that show to be more effective persuasive and give a bigger impact. It uses speech like metaphors and similes to give other meaning different to the literal meaning of the words to give more details and ideas.

Literal Language

Literal language is a figure of speech that shows the literal or general idea of the word. 

Simile - 'As' or 'like' in a sentence to describe an unrealistic view.

Metaphor - A metaphor is comparing something as something else without using the words'like' or 'as'

Idiom -  Word or phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning.

Alliteration - Words starting with the same letter to create a sentence.

Hyperbole - Exaggerating something in a sentence

Personification - Something that isn't human is given human characteristics.

Onomatopoeia - A word that is usually gives off a sound.

Assonance - When two or more words have the same vowel in the same place of a word but have different consonants.

Consonance - The same sound being used again and again.

Examples

Simile 

She was as fast as a cheetah

He was like Einstein, extremely smart.

They looked Like Twins, instead they were cousins.

Metaphor 

He was the black sheep of the family.

She was so fast at math's that she was called a human calculator.

The man was a angry bear at work.

Idiom 

We walked outside and we walked into oven.
She looked at me with a certain glint in her eyes. 
It was a piece of cake.

Alliteration

She slipped soundlessly on some slimy pickles 

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

She sells seashells by the seashore. 

Hyperbole

I hadn't seen her in forever

She was like a machine when she cooked.

I had almost died when I was falling.

Personification

The sun was smiling brightly towards me.
The wind was breathing down my back.
The sky was angry, as it was roaring with anger.

Onomatopoeia

Boom! the building had blown up.

Pow! the robber was punched to the 

Bang! The gunshot rung through the air as he kneeled down in pain.

Assonance

He sees me walking home tonight.
Twice in the high night.
The trees shook three times towards Teena.

Consonance

The black sack is in the back.
Toss the glass, boss
let the boy try along his bayonet blade.