Denotative meaning of a word dictionary meaning objective

Denotative meaning of a word: dictionary meaning, objective definition, no opinion, tells what something is Connotative meaning of a word: subjective meaning of a word or phrase based on personal experiences and beliefs G A U A L E V E G N I T A R G I F U FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE DENOTES THE UNUSUAL USE OF LANGUAGE FOR A SPECIAL EFFECT. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS THE USE OF WORDS THAT GO BEYOND THEIR ORDINARY MEANINGS. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REQUIRES YOU TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO FIGURE OUT THE AUTHOR'S MEANING.

“I knew the pups were mine, all mine, yet I couldn’t move. My heart started acting like a drunk grasshopper. ” (p. 37 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls) Is there really a grasshopper in the speaker’s chest? What is the author actually saying?

SIMILE A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two typically different objects. Your heart and a grasshopper have little in common, but the comparison helps you understand that the speaker’s heart was beating wildly.

SIMILES CONTINUED COMPLETE THESE SIMILES Sarah feels like… Her throat is as… Her medicine tastes like… Share your similes and discuss.

“Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs. ” (pg. 16 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli) What do you picture in your mind when you try to imagine Finsterwald’s backyard?

METAPHOR A metaphor compares two different things without using the words “like” or “as. ” Finsterwald’s backyard and a graveyard are very different places, but saying the backyard is a graveyard shows that the balls and toys in the yard are just lying there lifelessly.

METAPHORS CONTINUED COMPLETE THESE METAPHORS The students’ nonstop chatting turned the teacher into… The yardstick she was holding was a …. Share your metaphors and discuss.

"We have to stand for a few minutes in the doorway of the train while the cameras gobble up our images, then we're allowed inside and the doors close mercifully behind us. ” (pg. 41 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins) What is happening just before the doors of the train close?

PERSONIFICATION Personification is giveing human characteristics to things that are not human. By saying that the cameras are “gobbling up” the images, Suzanne Collins conveys that the pictures are being taken in the same kind of rapid frenzy that people gobble up food they love.

PERSONIFICATION CONTINUED COMPLETE THESE EXAMPLES OF PERSONIFICATION The flowers… The bee… Share your examples of personification and discuss.

“Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before. ” (Paul Bunyan, American Folklore) What’s one word that comes to mind when you read this quote?

HYPERBOLE Hyperbole is a figure of speech, where exaggeration is used for emphasis. By saying that people’s words froze as they were spoken and couldn’t be heard until they thawed out the next morning clearly conveys just how cold it was in the scene from Paul Bunyan.

HYPERBOLE CONTINUED Use hyperbole to explain what this woman might be saying. Share your examples of hyperbole and discuss.

Mr. Brunner led the museum tour. He rode up in his wheelchair, guiding us through the big echoey galleries, past marble statues and glass cases full of really old black-and-orange pottery. It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years. (pg. 4, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan) What was Percy Jackson thinking when he looked at the pottery in the museum?

IDIOM An idiom is a combination of words that has a meaning that is different from the meanings of the individual words themselves. Was Percy Jackson’s brain actually exploded by the idea that the pottery in the museum was thousands of years old?

IDIOMS CONTINUED Do you know an idiom that means: To get something exactly right? To have patience? Hit the nail on the head. Hold your horses. Share some other common idioms you know.

ONOMATOPOEIA A WORD OR WORDS THAT IMITATE A SOUND Ching, chang, walla-walla bing bang!

ALLITERATION FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USING THE REPETITION OF CONSONANT SOUNDS Cop Curt wrote Wanda the Witch a speeding ticket. She was flying and flipping over the fiftyfive mile an hour limit.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN POP MUSIC Read the following song lyrics. Identify examples of figurative language the songwriter is using to convey his or her message and then decide what they are actually trying to say.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? (Firework by Katy Perry) Did you find two different similes? Which one means you are wandering aimlessly not sure where you are going? Which one means you feel very fragile and vulnerable?

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose Fire away, fire away Ricochet, you take your aim Fire away, fire away You shoot me down but I won't fall I am titanium (Titanium by David Guetta) Did you find the repeated metaphor? What is the speaker being compared to? What does this say about the speaker?

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes, You're paralyzed (Thriller by Michael Jackson) Did you find one or more examples of personification? Can terror TAKE a sound from you? What does that actually mea Can horror LOOK you in the eye? What does that really

And when you smile The whole world stops and stares for a while 'Cause girl, you're amazing Just the way you are (Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars) Did you find the hyperbole? What is Bruno Mars really saying about the girl’s smile?

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded That for me, it isn't over (Someone Like You by Adele) Did you find an idiom in the first line? What does the expression “turn up out of the blue” mean?