Figurative Language

Figurative Language

ALLITERATION

• Repeating the first letter of words in a sentence

• Think of a tongue twister

ALLUSION

• Referring to things outside of the story

• Using popular people, places, events, that the majority of people would be able to understand or recognize

IMAGERY

• Words create an picture in your mind

• Using the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) to describe something

HYPERBOLE

• Using extreme exaggeration in describing something

• Going above what is needed when explaining and idea

METAPHOR

• Saying one thing IS something else (but you do not use like or as to compare those two things).

Oxymoron

• Two opposite ideas that are pushed together into one thought

• Jumbo shrimp (jumbo means big and shrimp usually means small)

PERSONFICATION

• giving human qualities to non-human things

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Simile

• Comparing two things using like or as in your comparison

Theme

• The overall message or idea of a story - what you are supposed to learn

• Has to be a full sentence

Big Ideas

• These are the small key words that represent the story (and should not be confused with theme)

• Think about "The Lion King". Big ideas there are: family; revenge; making peace; pride (but these aren't themes)

PROTAGONIST

• The character in a story that drives forward the plot

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ANTAGONIST

• The character in a story that is in direct or indirect conflict with the protagonist