1. USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE -
IDENTIFYING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Figurative language (similes,
metaphors, personification) can be
used to add depth and imagery to
descriptive essays and stories.

2. • A simile is a way of describing
something through a comparison
using like or as.
Simile: The snow was like a blanket.
Explanation: The subject, snow, is
being compared to a blanket because
it covers the ground in the same way a
blanket covers a bed.

3. • A metaphor is another way of
describing something through a
comparison but without using like or
as; instead the metaphor explicitly
states what a thing “is”. The subject
and its complement are the same.
Metaphor: The setting sun is a red ball
of fire falling into the sea.
Explanation: The sun is not like a red
ball on fire, it is a red ball of fire.

4. • Personification gives human qualities
to animals or objects. This helps the
reader better connect with the image.
Without personification
The sun was shining in the sky.
With personification
The sun sang its happy summer song.

5. IDENTIFYING ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
• Identifying adjective clauses are groups of
words (phrases) that act as adjectives to
describe or identify a noun.
We saw the dolphin that performed some
spectacular feats.
Source: http://peelerrosetimeline.blogspot.com/2010/04/dolphin.html

6. Identifying adjective clauses begin
with a relative pronoun.
(who, which, that, when, where, in
which, whose, in whose).
The relative pronoun replaces the
noun it describes; the noun is not
repeated.

7. We saw the dolphin.
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The dolphin performed some
spectacular feats.
We saw the dolphin which/that
performed some spectacular feats.

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