Examples of
Figurative
Language in
Speak
Similes
1.Art follows lunch like dream
follows nightmare.
2. Her forehead is as pink as her
lipstick
Metaphor
1. I stand in the center aisle of the
auditorium, a wounded zebra in a
National Geographic special.
2. The cafeteria is a giant sound stage
where they film daily segments of
Teenage Humiliation rituals.
Idiom
1.I got my eye on you.
2. Shut your trap,
button your lip, can it.
Symbol
1. White Couch
2. Dead Frog
3. Trees
Stereotype
1.Jocks
2.Goths
3.Big Hair Chix
4.Suffering artists
Irony
1. Our Teachers Are The Best…
2. We are no longer the Tigers because the
name shows “shocking disrespect” for an
endangered species.
I know I am shocked.
Hyperbole
My English teacher
has no face.
Allusion
• Could I put a face in my tree,
like a dryad from Greek
mythology.
• Dryad-a dryad is a tree nymph.
A nymph is a minor nature
goddess.

Bestellformular mit Abbildungen - Die Burg

NUTRIFAX - Fairfax County Public Schools

1 E/F (3E/F and 5E/F are similar)