Title: What is Figurative Language? - English Worksheets for Kids| Mocomi
Headings: What is Figurative Language?
What is Figurative Language?
Figurative Language Definition
Types of Figurative Language and Their Examples

Content: CLICHES are figures of speech that have been repeated countless times and have seemed to lose their flavor and became stale. Ex: Cat got your tongue or a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Figurative language adds a splash of color to your otherwise boring writing. They make language pop out. When I say “there were a million people standing in line at MacDonald’s today,” you know it’s a fib; but still you laugh. Figurative language is like adding bright colored fondant and rich sugary icing to a plain vanilla cake. Figurative language engages the reader and creates various emotions like laughter or a groan. They are used in ghost stories or comics or serious articles, poems, attractive advertisements on televisions and billboards, and in our every day speech.