Figurative Language Figuring it Out Figurative and Literal

Figurative Language Figuring it Out

Figurative and Literal Language Literally: words function exactly as defined The car is blue. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back.

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 a simile. A ” or “ us ” doesn’t make 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 She has a stone heart.

Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples The sunlight danced. The streets are calling me.

Hyperbole Exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect. Examples My house is a million miles from here.

Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase Ex: Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August

Idioms • Phrases that are not meant to be taken literally. Ex: I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. I’ve got your back.

Oxymoron • Two words together that are the opposite of one another. • Ex: Jumbo Shrimp, Biggie Smalls, Icy. Hot, Pretty Ugly, and Civil War

Onomatopoeia • Expressions that looks the way it sound Ex: BOOM! SPLAT! CLAP!

Imagery • Imagery- author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to his or her work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work. • He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her