November 16 th 2016 Aim Figurative Language Sensory

November 16 th, 2016 Aim: Figurative Language & Sensory Details Do Now: 1. Take out DWW, put in the center of the table to be collected 2. Quote of the Day “Know the past, understand the present, build the future. ” -Randyn T.

Sensory Details Sensory details are bits of information that you collect through your five senses

Sensory Details Elaborate with sensory details-give the reader a much clearer idea of what you are describing.

Sensory Details Sensory details are often used to set the mood of a piece of writing. Exciting Happy Cheerful Nervous Panicked Frightful Suspenseful Calm Peaceful

Use Sensory Details to add to your writing EXAMPLE: Looks like stuffing from a pillow. MY FIRST SNOWFALL Sounds like whispering when it falls. Smells like sweet, clean air. Feels like ice cream. Tastes like cold cotton candy.

Figurative Language Describing something by comparing it with something else.

Figurative Language Simile: uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Example: Busy as a bee. Metaphor: states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison not using the words “like” or “as”. Example: You are what you eat. Personification: a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear hugged me right back.

Figurative Language Onomatopoeia: the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action. Example: buzz, hiss, roar, woof Hyperbole: an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Example: He was so hungry he ate the whole cornfield for lunch. Assonance: a resemblance of sound in words or syllables. Example: Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese Alliteration: the repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Author’s Purpose the reason why the text was written Authors write to do three things: Persuade Inform Entertain