Figurative Language Figuring it Out Figurative and Literal
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Figurative Language “Figuring it Out”
Figurative and Literal Language Literally: words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^Figures of Speech
Simile Comparison of two things using “like” or “as. ” Examples The metal twisted like a ribbon. She is as sweet as candy.
Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile: I like pizza. Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
Metaphor Two things are compared without using “like” or “as. ” Examples All the world is a stage. Men are dogs. Her heart is stone.
Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples The sunlight danced. Water on the lake shivers. The streets are calling me.
Hyperbole Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. Examples I will love you forever. My house is a million miles away. She’d kill me.
Understatement Expression with less strength than expected. The opposite of hyperbole. I’ll be there in one second. This won’t hurt a bit.
Onomatopoeia • • • A word that “makes” a sound SPLAT PING SLAM POP POW
Idiom • A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally. • Doesn’t “mean” what it says • Don’t be a stick in the mud! • You’re the apple of my eye. • I have an ace up my sleeve.
Pun • A form of “word play” in which words have a double meaning. • I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger and then it hit me. • I’m reading a book about antigravity. It’s impossible to put it down. • I was going to look for my missing watch, but I didn’t have the time.
Proverb • A figurative saying in which a bit of “wisdom” is given. • An apple a day keeps the doctor away • The early bird catches the worm
Oxymoron • When two words are put together that contradict each other. “Opposites” • Jumbo Shrimp • Pretty Ugly • Freezer Burn
Quiz On a separate sheet of paper… 1. I will put an example of figurative language on the board. 2. You will write whether it is an simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, pun, proverb, idiom, onomatopoeia, oxymoron or understatement. 3. You can use your notes.
1 He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
2 Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.
3 Can I see you for a second?
4 The sun was beating down on me.
5 A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
6 I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns.
7 Ravenous and savage from its long polar journey, the North Wind is searching for food—
8 Dinner is on the house.
9 Can I have one of your chips?
10 Don’t bit the hand that feeds you.
11. • The clouds smiled down at me.
12. • SPLAT!
13. • She is as sweet as candy
14. • I could sleep forever!
15. • He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends
16. • I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it
17. • The wheat field was a sea of gold.
18. • The streets called to him.
19. • POP!
20. • She was dressed to the nines.
21. • The early bird catches the worm.
22. • Old news
23. • Your face is killing me!
24. • She was as white as a ghost.
25. • She has a skeleton in her closet.
Quiz answers! • • • • 1 Simile 2 Proverb 3 understatement 4 Idiom 5 Simile 6 Idiom 7 Personification 8 Idiom 9 understatement 10 proverb 11 Idiom 12 onomatopoeia 13 Metaphor • • • 14 hyperbole 15 pun 16 pun 17 metaphor 18 personification 19 onomatopoeia 20 Metaphor 21 proverb 22 oxymoron 23 hyperbole 24 simile 25 idiom
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