Exploring Figurative Language by MELISSA PARKIN https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex Share an example of figurative language you found in a song, book, or movie. Identify the type (metaphor, simile, or personification) and explain its meaning. en-us 2025-06-02 00:04:07 UTC 2025-11-20 16:43:33 UTC hello@padlet.com simile https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487274502 she hides like a child but she's always a woman to me.


She is hiding her emotions like a child would.

]]> 2025-06-12 01:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487274502 metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487278663 It's a sin to kill a mockingbird.


The mockingbirds here are in reference to something innocent. Boo Radley was an innocent victim.

]]> 2025-06-12 01:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487278663 personification https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487283460 In Beauty and the Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and all the other inanimate objects are personified and offer service to Belle. This shows that the mansion was inviting.

]]> 2025-06-12 01:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3487283460 metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688399208 Life is a highway

]]> 2025-11-18 15:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688399208 Metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688405002 My heart's a stereo

]]> 2025-11-18 15:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688405002 hyperbole https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688407178 It tastes like a rag use to clean vomit


It show that the food tastes bad

]]> 2025-11-18 15:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688407178 My heart is a stereo https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688408073 2025-11-18 15:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688408073 Metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688408210 Life is a high way and I'm gonna ride all night long.

]]> 2025-11-18 15:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688408210 hyperbole https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688410710 In the movie cars, Lightning McQueen says "I eat losers for breakfast" showing that he wins a lot

]]> 2025-11-18 15:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688410710 https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688413437 Your words cut deeper than a knife now I need someone to breathe me back to life.

]]> 2025-11-18 16:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688413437 Simlie https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688417213 Iron man once said "Their bond was as strong as steel".

]]> 2025-11-18 16:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688417213 time is a thief https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688418300 2025-11-18 16:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688418300 The mocking birds are so peaceful it is a sin to kill them https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688418835 2025-11-18 16:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688418835 https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688419410 In the movie Mulan,Li Shang says "You must be swift as the coursing rain,with all force of a great typhoon."

]]> 2025-11-18 16:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688419410 Metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688424020 in the film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" it says "and in that moment we were infinite"

]]> 2025-11-18 16:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688424020 Metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688425325 Boo Radley is a mockingbird.

]]> 2025-11-18 16:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688425325 Simile https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688427886 In the song "Heaven Is a Bedroom," it states, "The pillows felt like clouds." This means the pillows were soft and fluffy.

]]> 2025-11-18 16:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688427886 metaphor https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688455386 in the film Avengers age of Ultron i"ve got no strings to hold me down


]]> 2025-11-18 16:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688455386 https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688475903 Because beauty is not just a perfect, flawless thing; it is the courage to continue. It is the memory of sunlight warming your face, held fast even in the dark. It is the simple, unstoppable miracle of a new leaf unfurling on an old, scarred branch.

]]> 2025-11-18 16:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688475903 Metaphor and Simile https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688494371 "A room without books is like a body without a soul."


This quote is from Marcus Tullius Cicero

]]> 2025-11-18 16:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3688494371 personification https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3692269241 The leaves danced in the wind


it is to show that the wind was moving the leaves and picking them up


]]> 2025-11-20 16:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3692269241 personification https://padlet.com/melissaparkin/yay3a0j5r0cnhzex/wish/3692280749 in Aladdin, Aladdin says "Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?"

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