Figurative Language Understanding Literary Analogies What is an

Figurative Language Understanding Literary Analogies

What is an analogy? �Dictionary. com ◦ a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based �Two types: verbal and literary

Verbal Analogies �A student is given one pair of related words and another word without its pair. The student must find a words that has the same relationship to the word as the first pair. �For example: fire is to hot, as ice is to cold. � Source: http: //www. enchantedlearning. com/sampletests/verbalanalogi es/

Literary Analogies �Similar to metaphors and similes �Shows how two different things are similar �More complex than most metaphors and similes �A writer points out shared characteristics, with the goal of showing that if two things are similar in some ways, they are similar in other ways as well. � Source: http: //www. copyblogger. com/metaphor-simile-and-analogy-what’s-the-difference/

Literary Analogy in “Raymond’s Run” �Just before taking off in the race, Squeaky compares the running the race to a dream. �It is extended and more complex than a simple simile or metaphor. It gives many details to fill out the comparison.

“Every time, just before I take off in a race, I always feel like I’m in a dream, the kind of dream you have when you’re sick with fever and feel all hot and weightless. I dream I’m flying over a sandy beach in the early morning sun, kissing the leaves of the trees as I fly by.

And there’s always the smell of apples, just like in the country when I was little and used to think I was a choo-choo train, running through the fields of corn and chugging up the hill to the orchard. And all the time I’m dreaming this, I get lighter and lighter until I’m flying over the beach again, getting blown through the sky like a feather that weighs nothing at all. ”

Assignment Write an analogy to describe something you love to do. It should be at least two paragraphs long. Be sure to include descriptive details.