Introducing Figurative Language Todays Agenda 1 Figurative Language

Introducing Figurative Language Today’s Agenda: 1. Figurative Language Review –mini-lesson w/guided notes 2. Figurative Language: Task Cards, Anchor Charts & Miracle Worker Search Activities

Warm-up On your Post-it, answer the following: Hmmm… 1. In your own words, What is Figurative Language? 2. List any types of Figurative Language that you already know.

figurative language What is it?

Figurative language is the use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings. Figurative language requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning. The water’s reflection was like the sun on glass.

Why is it important? • Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface • It usually gives us a feeling about its subject • It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking • It puts a picture in the readers mind

• • Types of Figurative Language • Assonance Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Hyperbole Alliteration Idioms • and more… • • Consonance Repetition Imagery Pun Irony Oxymoron Adage Analogy

SIMILE-A figure of speech comparing two different things using the words “like” or “as. ” After the football game, the boy was so sore he walked like a toy soldier.

METAPHOR-A figure of speech comparing two different things without using the words “like” or “as. ” Stars are buttons off the angels’ gowns.

Onomatopoeia-a word or words that imitate a sound. The click, click of the computer keys gave Mrs. Jones a headache.

Personification-giving human characteristics to things that are not human. The moonlight walked across the water.

HYPERBOLE-figurative language where exaggeration is used for emphasis. Our teacher is so old she probably taught cavemen how to make a wheel.

Alliteration-figurative language using the repetition of consonant sounds. Cop Curt wrote Wanda the Witch a speeding ticket. She was flying and flipping over the fifty-five mile an hour limit.

IDIOM-Well-Known phrases that mean something different than what the words seem to mean. You can do whatever floats your boat.

Let’s Practice!

Bang, clang, and hiss are examples of what type of figurative language?

ONOMATOPOEIA

What type of figurative language is the following sentence? Helga hangs handkerchiefs on the line.

ALLITERATION

What type of figurative language is the following sentence? The boy could swim like a fish.

SIMILE

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? John is a mountain on the field.

METAPHOR

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? Jimmy is so skinny, a skeleton looks fatter than he does!

HYPERBOLE

What type of figurative language is the following sentence? The trees danced by the shore.

Personification

What type of figurative language is the following sentence? • You’ve been playing video games long enough, now it’s time to hit the books.

Idiom