Figurative Language The World of Idioms By Mrs

Figurative Language The World of Idioms By Mrs. Delaney : )

Review of Figurative Lang. • Figurative Language uses words beyond their usual or literal meaning. • Helps to make writing more vivid and colorful. • Gives added meaning to a word or expression. • Creates images for readers.

Types of Figurative Lang. • Alliteration: Use of the same starting sound (tongue twister) • Hyperbole: Comparing two objects with a huge exaggeration • Idiom: Has meaning apart from the meaning of its individual words • Onomatopoeia: Imitation of natural sounds in word form-”Bang” “Bong”

• Metaphor: Compares two unlike things (without like or as) • Personification: Given human characteristics to animals, ideas and objects • Similes: Compares using like or as • Pun: Play on words

Did you get all that? Of course not…. . We are going to enter the world of Figurative language and explore Idioms. “Are you all ears? ” “Well, it’s as easy as pie!” READY? ?

http: //www. funbrain. com/idioms/

http: //a 4 esl. org/q/h/9807/km-animalidioms. html

Let’s look at some more examples: http: //www. idiomconnection. com/

Idiom Project • Find an idiom that you want to illustrate. • Using Powerpoint, choose a graphic and include text to identify the idiom and its meaning. • See the following examples

love for candy

in a bad situation

really happy

List of suggested idioms: as easy as pie at the eleventh hour be all ears bent out of shape blow one's top bull-headed catch some Zs cost (someone) an arm and a leg couch potato an egghead elbow grease fire someone hit the books jump the gun keep one's nose to the grindstone on the cutting edge on the dot pull someone's leg rain cats and dogs until you're blue in the face Was my face red! with bells on Zip your lip! pay the piper can't make heads or tails of junk mail a bad taste in my mouth a bed of roses a chicken in every pot a feather in your cap a fly on the wall a little bird told me a thorn in my side apple of his eye