Figurative Language
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.10.1
Figurative Language
Figurative language uses words to create images or ideas that are not literal.
Figurative language
- Figurative language uses words in a way that does not mean exactly what they say.
- Authors use figurative language to improve their writing.
- Authors use figurative language to impact the reader.
Literal sentence: example
- **The sun is very bright today. **
- This sentence is a literal sentence.
- This sentence means exactly what it says.
Figurative language: example
- The sun is smiling down at us.
- This sentence use figurative language.
- The sun doesn’t actually smile, but this makes it sound warm and friendly.
Test yourself on Figurative Language
How would you say in figurative language that someone ran very fast?
What do you think the following sentence means?
The garden was a rainbow of colours.