Summary:

• Literal language is when we say exactly what we mean, using words in their regular or real meanings.

• Nonliteral language is when we use words in a special way to create interesting pictures in our minds or to express something different from what the words usually mean.

• Some figures of speech that we learned are: 

  • Simile:  

    • A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that often uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

    • Example: The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky.

  • Personification:  

    • Giving human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object

    • Example: The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close.

  • Metaphor:  

    • Comparing two things that are not alike to suggest they have something in common

    • Example: She has the heart of a lion.

  • Hyperbole:  

    • Speech that is extremely exaggerated and not meant to be taken literally

• 1. • Example: My backpack weighs a ton.