Figurative Language Slide Shows

Check out these awesome figurative language slide shows.  Leave a comment and tell the authors how much you enjoyed their examples of figurative langauge!


Personification on PhotoPeach



Personification on PhotoPeach


alliteration on PhotoPeach


Hyperbole on PhotoPeach


Metaphor on PhotoPeach



alliteration on PhotoPeach


similes on PhotoPeach

Chapters 1-2 Turn Homeward Hannalee

Hannalee

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The REAL Roswell Mill

Check out this website about the Roswell Mill.  It tells the story of the mill, and the author of our novel, Patricia Beatty, used sources like this to help her write this historical fiction book.

Figurative Language

Good authors use figurative language to help "paint the picture" of the action in the book. Figurative language lets the reader use his or her imagination to discover the author's descriptions.

You can find figurative language in many different types of writing. Check out this poem by Eve Merriam

Silence by Eve Merriam

Quiet

So quiet

Without a sound

Floating

Falling

To the ground

Snowflake feathers

From snow white birds

Snow is a poem

Without any words.

What are some types of figurative language in this poem?  Why did the author use figurative language?  How do you know she use figurative language?