FIGURING IT OUT!!!

Figurative Language Part 1

Grade 61

Difference between Literal and Figurative Language

Literal: Literal means "exact" or "not exaggerated." Words function exactly as defined in the sentences.

Examples:The car is blue.He caught the football.

These sentences mean “exactly what they say” without exaggeration. You don’t have to figure anything out.

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Difference between Literal and Figurative Language

Figurative: Figurative Language is language that means more than what it says on the surface. You must figure out what it means.

Examples:Janet is a soaring eagle.

Tom’s mouth is a vacuum cleaner.

In these sentences, you have to figure out what the writer is trying to say…

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Recognizing Figurative Language

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.Poets use figurative language often.

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Recognizing Figurative Language

Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,

you are using figurative language.

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Types of Figurative LanguagePart 1

SimileMetaphorPersonificationAlliterationHyperboleOnomatopoeia

Let’s begin our journey into the world of figurative language. You will learn about the following types of figurative language…

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Simile

- is a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

Examples of Similes:

The metal twisted like a ribbon.

She is as sweet as candy.

Tom is as busy as a bee.

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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.

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Simile Song

Watch the Simile Movie:

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Metaphor

- is a comparison of two different things without using signal words such as “like” or “as.”

Examples of metaphors:Metaphor 1: She is a graceful swan. She is compared to a swan.

Metaphor 2: John’s mind is a computer. John’s mind is compared to a computer.

Metaphor 3: Stars are flowers in the meadow of the sky. Stars are compared to flowers.

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What is a Metaphor?

Watch the Metaphor Movie for review:

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Similes and Metaphors

Let’s practice…Is the sentence a

simile or a metaphor? Click to see the answer after

you read the sentence.

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It’s time to take a quiz!

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More Figurative Language

It is time to continue with more figurative language techniques…

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Personification

- is giving human traits to objects or ideas.

Examples:

The wind yells while blowing. (The wind can’t yell.)

The sunlight danced. (The sunlight can’t dance.)

The stars smiled down on us. (Stars cannot smile.)

The streets are calling me. (Streets cannot call you.)

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What is Personification?

Watch the Personification Movie for review:

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Personification Questions

In each sentence below, an object or idea is personified. Identify the object or idea that is being personified and tell which human trait is given to the object or idea.

1. The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest. What is being personified? _____________ Which human trait or quality is given? ________________2. The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and

his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified? ________________________ Which human trait or quality is given? _______________3. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair

of high heels called out to her. What is being personified? ________________________ Which human trait or quality is given? _______________

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Alliteration

- the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words ... kind of like tongue twisters.Example: She was wide-eyed and

wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

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More Alliteration Examples

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

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Alliteration Exercise

Directions: Select words from the columns below and make an alliteration phrase! Write the phrase on your worksheet.

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Hyperbole

- Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.

Examples:

I ate a thousand pounds of pasta.

The project took me a million hours to complete.

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Onomatopoeia

- Use of words such as ka-boom, buzz, bang, or boo that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Examples:

The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

Buzz, went the bee!

Swoosh went the basketball throughthe loop.

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It times to take a quiz!

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