All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury PowerPoint. Figurative language and imagery focus. This science fiction short story is rich in figurative language and imagery. This PowerPoint with animated graphics introduces three common types of figurative language - similes, metaphors, personification - in before reading activities. Then, during reading, students can look for these types of figurative language and write them down in the chart shown on the screen. (Also available separately as a printable