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Next week we're going to learn how to define and identify different forms of figurative language

But first, we need to differentiate between literal and figurative language.

Literal Language

• Language that does not defer from it's dictionary defined meaning

Open Ended

Quick write: Do you ever use the word literally? What do you mean when you say it? What's the context?

Most of the time when we use the word "literally" we're actually using it incorrectly.

We're should really be saying "figuratively".

Figurative Language

• Describing something by comparing it to something else

There are many different forms of figurative language, but the ones that we're going to focus on are...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Simile

• When two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as.” 

• Example: Sly as a fox.

• Example: Works like a charm.

Metaphor

• Comparison of two unlike things by asserting that the two things are identical rather than just similar

• Does not use "like" or "as"

• Example: Time is money

• Example: Laughter is the best medicine.

Hyperbole

• Creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration

• Often a boldly overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true

• Usually funny or ironic

• Example: I'm dying of thirst.

• Example: I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.

Personification

• When an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

• Giving nonhuman things human characteristics

• Example: The sunflowers hung their heads.

• Example: My alarm yelled at me this morning.

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Alliteration

• Repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds

• Beginning several words in a sentence or phrase with the same letter

• Rocky road

• Quick questions

• Picture perfect

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing

• Sound words

• Meow

• Moo

• Boom

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

"The 'boom' of a firework echoed across the field."

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence:

"They fought like cats and dogs."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

"She sells seashells by the sea-shore."

• onomatopeia

• personification

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

"I've told you to clean your room a million times!"

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• onomatopeia

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

"Lightning danced across the sky."

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?

"The snow is a white blanket covering the grass."

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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