How to use figurative language with English Functional Skills.

How to use figurative language with English Functional Skills.

1. Figurative language Support for functional Skills English reading and writing exams

2. OBJECTIVES UNDERSTAND THE COMMON USES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH WRITING DESCRIBE HOW TO USE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN A PIECE OF WORK

3. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE and writing techniques “Figurative language is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. Writers can use figurative language to make their work more interesting or more dramatic than literal language which simply states facts” Simile Metaphor Idioms Bias Cliché Personification Alliteration Onomatopoeia Hyperbole

4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Hyperbole Is an overstatement to make a something more dramatic Example: I’m so Hungry I could eat a horse https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhmtw1Gz0U

5. FIGRATIVE LANGUAGE Simile A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another Example: Quiet as a mouse https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZyAokXrS6I

6. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Metaphor Metaphor helps the reader visualise an idea and helps story telling Example : The Worlds Stage https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBzW8AShJ1A https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0lWkrd67Nk

7. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Idioms An expression whose meaning is completely different from words it seems to say. Example : Let sleeping dogs lie https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5FDhsHkUg

8. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Bias Only putting forward one side of an argument. I advert tells you that a product is very healthy and low in fat but does not te ll you its filled with sugar. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbP8OD_RWvA

9. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Cliché P hrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. Example : See video https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD2TnMNH98 https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LhvTj9EUKg https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvRuPLewTo

10. Stretch and Challenge Personification Alliteration Onomatopoeia Hyperbole

11. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Alliteration Repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Example: Peter Piper Picked Peppers https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGJu6LzUfYM

12. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Personification Is when a human characteristics are given to a object or animals to describe there actions. Example : The cuddly toy hugged her back. https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mb6NxixRk8

13. 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: The bee buzzed passed https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxds7sh44Pk

14. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Activity Work through the different types of figurative language types and write down and discuss with your assessor a few examples of each. Have fun with it!

15. Additional support Metaphor https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0edKgL9EgM Improve reading and writing skills http://www.geoffbarton.co.uk/files/student-resources/GCSE2011/Effects-grid.pdf BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/close_reading_texts/appreciating_writer/revision/2 / Bias http:// www.writeexpress.com/bias.html Activity Write a statement that’s a day in the life of a working shift that you have had recently. Use different types of language learnt in this session. Have fun with it!

16. OBJECTIVES UNDERSTAND THE COMMON USES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH WRITING DESCRIBE HOW TO USE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN A PIECE OF WORK

17. Reference https://kidskonnect.com/language/figurative-language / http:// www.geoffbarton.co.uk/files/student-resources/GCSE2011/Effects-grid.pdf http:// languagearts.mrdonn.org/figurative.html