Understanding Figurative Language Essential Questions What is figurative
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Understanding Figurative Language
![Essential Questions What is figurative language How can I interpret figurative language Essential Questions • What is figurative language? • How can I interpret figurative language?](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-2.jpg)
Essential Questions • What is figurative language? • How can I interpret figurative language?
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What is figurative language? Here are some examples. What do you think figurative language means? • The wind whispered softly through the trees. • The cafeteria pizza was a soggy, droopy piece of cardboard. • The teacher glared like a furious dragon.
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What is figurative language? The wind whispered through the trees • Can wind really whisper? • What is the author trying to tell us about wind?
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What is figurative language? • The cafeteria pizza was a soggy, droopy piece of cardboard. • Is the pizza really cardboard? • What is the author trying to tell us about the pizza?
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What is figurative language? The teacher glared like a furious dragon. • Was the teacher really a dragon? • What is the author trying to tell us about the teacher?
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What is figurative language? • Figurative language expresses an idea that goes beyond the actual meaning of the words • Wind can’t whisper…but the expression gives you an idea of how the wind sounds
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How can I interpret figurative language? • To interpret figurative language means to understand what the author is trying to say • To interpret figurative language, it’s important to understand how different kinds of figurative language work
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How can I interpret figurative language? Personification is a kind of figurative language • Personification means to give human thoughts and qualities to nonhuman objects
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How can I interpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • How does this sentence show personification?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • How is this sentence showing the tree doing something that trees don’t really do?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • That’s right! Trees can’t really feel proud. This is an example of personification.
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How can I interpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • What is the author trying to tell us about the tree?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The leaves danced as they fell from the trees • What are the leaves doing that leaves can’t really do?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The leaves danced as they fell from the trees • That’s right! Leaves can’t dance • This is an example of personification • What is the author trying to tell us about the leaves?
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Let’s Review! • What is figurative language? • What is personification?
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How can I interpret figurative language? • A simile is another kind of figurative language • A simile is a comparison between two unlike objects using “like” or “as”
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How can I interpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is being compared in this simile?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is being compared in this simile?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • That’s right! The author is comparing the students to pigs
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How can I interpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is the author trying to say about the way that the students are eating?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • What is the author comparing in this simile?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • That’s right! The waves are being compared to a kitten lapping milk
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How can I interpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • What is the author trying to say about the waves—that they are rough and fierce, or small and gentle?
![Lets Review What is it called when an author gives human thoughts and Let’s Review! • What is it called when an author gives human thoughts and](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-25.jpg)
Let’s Review! • What is it called when an author gives human thoughts and feelings to non-human objects? • Personification • What is a comparison using “like” or “as”? • Simile
![How can I interpret figurative language A metaphor is another kind of figurative How can I interpret figurative language? • A metaphor is another kind of figurative](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-26.jpg)
How can I interpret figurative language? • A metaphor is another kind of figurative language • A metaphor is a comparison that does not use “like” or “as”
![How can I interpret figurative language The school was a maze of hallways How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-27.jpg)
How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • What is being compared in this metaphor?
![How can I interpret figurative language The school was a maze of hallways How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-28.jpg)
How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • That’s right! The school is being compared to a maze
![How can I interpret figurative language The school was a maze of hallways How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-29.jpg)
How can I interpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • What idea is the author trying to express with this metaphor?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • What is being compared in this metaphor?
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How can I interpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • That’s right! The math test is being compared to a walk in the park
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How can I interpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • What is the author trying to tell us about the math test?
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Let’s Review • Which kind of figurative language makes a comparison using “like” or “as”? • Simile • Which kind of figurative language gives human thoughts and qualities to non-human objects? • Personification
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Let’s Review • Which kind of figurative language makes a comparison without using “like” or “as”? • Metaphor
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Practice • Read the examples on the next few slides • Which kind of figurative language do they show? • How can you interpret the figurative language?
![Example 1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina Personification Simile Example #1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina • Personification • Simile](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/96d7b589934bcbc584d0b8db2a3f79e2/image-36.jpg)
Example #1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
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Example #1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina • Simile
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Example #1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina Interpret the simile • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to tell us?
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Example #1 The airplane landed as gracefully as a ballerina Interpret the simile • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to tell us?
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Example #2 The water smashed angrily against the rocks • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
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Example #2 The water smashed angrily against the rocks • Personification
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Example #2 The water smashed angrily against the rocks Interpret the personification! • What is the water doing that water doesn’t really do? • What is the author trying to tell us about the water?
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Example #3 My brother’s room was a dark, mysterious cave • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
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Example #3 My brother’s room was a dark, mysterious cave • Metaphor
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Example #3 My brother’s room was a dark, mysterious cave Interpret the metaphor! • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to show about the brother’s room?
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Hyperbole • Exaggerated expressions • It adds excitement and fun. • If used properly, it can encourage consumers to buy products.
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Example • We are so poor; we don’t have two cents to rub together • What is being exaggerated? • Why is the purpose?
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Example 2 "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.
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onomatopoeia • Imitation of sounds • It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
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Examples • How many sounds can you identify?
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Onomatopoeia in a sentence • The students stopped talking when the teacher yelled at them. OR The students snapped to attention as the teacher barked at them.
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Essential Questions Can you answer these questions? • What is figurative language? • How can I interpret figurative language?
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A picture is worth a thousand words • Describe the picture using any type of figurative language
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