Figurative Language Objective We will distinguish between different

Figurative Language

Objective • We will distinguish between different types of figurative language using guided notetaking, 3 -D leaves, crossword puzzle, and Loopwriter/matching game.

Figurative Language • Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness. • Used well, figurative language enhances your fiction, and can be an economical way of getting an image or a point across. However, used incorrectly, figurative language can be confusing.

Alliteration • The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. • Example: The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by.

Hyperbole • Big exaggeration usually with humor. • Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a cow!

Idiom • A phrase or expression with a meaning differing from the literal meaning. • She sings at the top of her lungs.

Metaphor • Comparing two things not using the words like or as. • Saying one is the object, not like the object. • Example: Richard ran up the ladder faster than a fireman.

Simile • Comparing two things using the words like or as. • He was as cold as ice.

Onomatopoeia • Using words that sound like or imitate what they describe. • Example: Zip goes the jacket.

Personification • Giving an object human characteristics. • The pencil danced across the paper.

Oxymoron • Two words that are opposite of each other put together. • Living dead

The End • You will find figurative language especially in poetry, but it is used to enhance all types of writing.