Activity+2+Creative+Writing

**__Activity 2: Creative Writing using Figurative Language__**

The next activity requires you to practice using figurative language in your creative writing.

Figurative language is language that is not literal, common, everyday language. Figurative language has a double meaning and is inferring this meaning using techniques such as comparison for example...

//"You're drinking like a camel"// is a simile, an example of figurative language. In this example, a person's actions are being compared to a camel's, as they are drinking a lot, like a camel storing water.

//"The voice of an angel"// is a metaphor, an example of figurative language. In this example, the persons voice is being stated as being angelic, giving the impression that it is very beautiful.

(Remember the difference between simile and metaphor? Simile use words to compare such as "as" or "like" where as metaphors explicitly state that someone "is" something else.)

//"The sea smashed angrily on the shore"// is an example of personification, another example of figurative language. In this example, a non-human thing is being described as having human qualities in order to give the object a personality and make a comparison between the object and a person.

Have a go at writing a passage of creative writing using all 3 examples of figurative language. Post your response on the discussion page.

Extension Activity: Identify the type of figurative language you have used and have a go at explaining what the effect of it is. I have written one for you as an example...