https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll Explain what you know about figurative language. Give an example. (Hint: similes, metaphors, personification, etc.) en-us 2020-10-25 21:18:19 UTC 2025-11-06 14:00:09 UTC hello@padlet.com kaewri8757 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611004 simile is using like in a sentence.
"the man walked like a person that just came out the war.]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611004 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611217 simile: The girl is as beautiful as a rose.]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611217 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611362 Figurative language are the words that are used in a story to create the reaader an imagine of what they're reading. 

Simile example: He was as brave as a lion. ]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611362 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611535 a simile is a part of figurative language that compare two things using like or as  
ex: he was as tall as a skyscraper ]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861611535 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861612224 Figurative Helps us imagine what the writer is telling us 
Exampple The dog was small just like a little baby 

]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861612224 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861612632 It's like using metaphors and hyperboles.]]> 2020-10-26 13:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861612632 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861613748 2020-10-26 13:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861613748 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614327 Figurative language helps us describe our writing in more detail. An example are similes, which compare two things. Example: She is as pretty as a flower.]]> 2020-10-26 13:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614327 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614500 Figurative language describes the story in more detail. onomatopoeia, a word associated with a sound with what is named. ex: sizzle, meow, crack, etc.]]> 2020-10-26 13:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614500 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614834 A metaphor dont have a e at the end. ]]> 2020-10-26 13:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861614834 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861619440 figurative language is simile and metaphors]]> 2020-10-26 13:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861619440 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861622055 A metaphor is a common figure of speech that makes a comparsion by directly relating one thing to another unrelating things. Metaphors do not use the word "like" or "as".]]> 2020-10-26 13:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861622055 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861623237 Simile example: I am as fast a my brother
Metaphor:It raining cats an dogs

]]> 2020-10-26 13:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861623237 https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861624205 An example of a hyperbole is "My grandma talks to much like a yapping chihuahua."
Definition of a hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.]]> 2020-10-26 13:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/briannadingle/zg9rog4wgvm24mll/wish/861624205