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Figurative Language
“Figuring it Out”
“Figuring it Out”
Figurative and Literal Language
Literally: words function exactly as defined
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figuratively: figure out what it means
I’ve got your back.
You’re a doll.
^Figures of Speech
Literally: words function exactly as defined
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figuratively: figure out what it means
I’ve got your back.
You’re a doll.
^Figures of Speech
Simile
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
Examples
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
Examples
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.
Important!
Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile.
A comparison must be made.
Not a Simile: I like pizza.
Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile.
A comparison must be made.
Not a Simile: I like pizza.
Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
Metaphor
Two things are compared without using
“like” or “as.”
Examples
All the world is a stage.
Men are dogs.
Her heart is stone.
Two things are compared without using
“like” or “as.”
Examples
All the world is a stage.
Men are dogs.
Her heart is stone.
Personification
Giving an inhuman thing human qualities.
It is created by the VERB used.
Examples
The sunlight danced.
Water on the lake shivers.
The streets are calling me.
Giving an inhuman thing human qualities.
It is created by the VERB used.
Examples
The sunlight danced.
Water on the lake shivers.
The streets are calling me.
Hyperbole
•A large exaggeration
• to show strong feeling or effect.
Examples
I will love you forever.
My house is a million miles away.
She’d kill me.
•A large exaggeration
• to show strong feeling or effect.
Examples
I will love you forever.
My house is a million miles away.
She’d kill me.
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like their meaning
•SPLAT
•PING
•SLAM
•POP
•Buzz
Words that sound like their meaning
•SPLAT
•PING
•SLAM
•POP
•Buzz
Idiom
•An expression whose meaning is not
predictable from the usual meaning.
(cannot be taken literally)
•Doesn’t “mean” what it says
•Don’t be a stick in the mud!
•You’re the apple of my eye.
•I have an ace up my sleeve.
•It’s raining cats and dogs!
•An expression whose meaning is not
predictable from the usual meaning.
(cannot be taken literally)
•Doesn’t “mean” what it says
•Don’t be a stick in the mud!
•You’re the apple of my eye.
•I have an ace up my sleeve.
•It’s raining cats and dogs!
Alliteration
•When the beginning of words start with the
same consonant sound/letter.
•Example:
•Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
•When the beginning of words start with the
same consonant sound/letter.
•Example:
•Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
Assonance
•The act of repeating a vowel sound in a
phrase.
•Example: It beats….as it sweeps…as it
cleans.
•Here the long “e” sound is repeated.
•Mostly found in poetry
•The act of repeating a vowel sound in a
phrase.
•Example: It beats….as it sweeps…as it
cleans.
•Here the long “e” sound is repeated.
•Mostly found in poetry
Consonance
•A pleasing combination of sounds
•Examples:
•Pitter, patter
•All mammals named Sam are clammy.
•A pleasing combination of sounds
•Examples:
•Pitter, patter
•All mammals named Sam are clammy.
•The following slides contain some more
figurative language types you are not
required to know. However, you probably
should be aware of them because you
hear them frequently in conversations.
figurative language types you are not
required to know. However, you probably
should be aware of them because you
hear them frequently in conversations.
Pun
•A form of “word play” in which
words have a double meaning.
•I wondered why the baseball was
getting bigger and then it hit me.
•I’m reading a book about anti-
gravity. It’s impossible to put it
down.
•I was going to look for my missing
watch, but I didn’t have the time.
•A form of “word play” in which
words have a double meaning.
•I wondered why the baseball was
getting bigger and then it hit me.
•I’m reading a book about anti-
gravity. It’s impossible to put it
down.
•I was going to look for my missing
watch, but I didn’t have the time.
Proverb
•A figurative saying in which a bit of
“wisdom” is given.
•An apple a day keeps the doctor away
•The early bird catches the worm
•A figurative saying in which a bit of
“wisdom” is given.
•An apple a day keeps the doctor away
•The early bird catches the worm
Oxymoron
•When two words are put together that
contradict each other. “Opposites”
•Jumbo Shrimp
•Pretty Ugly
•Freezer Burn
•When two words are put together that
contradict each other. “Opposites”
•Jumbo Shrimp
•Pretty Ugly
•Freezer Burn
Quiz
On a separate sheet of paper…
1.I will put an example of figurative
language on the upcoming slides.
2.You will write the type of figurative
language it represents.
3.You can use your notes.
4.Number your paper in the margin #1-15.
DON’T SKIP LINES.
On a separate sheet of paper…
1.I will put an example of figurative
language on the upcoming slides.
2.You will write the type of figurative
language it represents.
3.You can use your notes.
4.Number your paper in the margin #1-15.
DON’T SKIP LINES.
1
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
2
Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn
are kings and queens.
Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn
are kings and queens.
3
The sun was beating down on me.
The sun was beating down on me.
4
A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
5
Ravenous and savage
from its long
polar journey,
the North Wind
is searching
for food—
Ravenous and savage
from its long
polar journey,
the North Wind
is searching
for food—
6.
•The clouds smiled down at me.
•The clouds smiled down at me.
7.
•SPLAT!
•SPLAT!
8.
•She is as sweet as candy.
•She is as sweet as candy.
9.
•I could sleep forever!
•I could sleep forever!
10.
•He drove his expensive car into a tree and
found out how the Mercedes bends
•He drove his expensive car into a tree and
found out how the Mercedes bends
11.
•The wheat field was a sea of gold.
•The wheat field was a sea of gold.
12.
•The streets called to him.
•The streets called to him.
13.
•POP!
•POP!
14.
•The early bird catches the worm.
•The early bird catches the worm.
15.
•She was as white as a ghost.
•She was as white as a ghost.
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