Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Poll

How much do you understand what figurative language is?

• 1 - never heard of it

• 2 - heard of it but couldn't tell you what it is or where I heard of it

• 3 - heard of it and know it has to do with writing

• 4 - know some pieces of it

• 5 - The absolute wizard of figurative language

Figurative Language

• when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal every day

• adds color or interest to your writing

Types of Figurative Langauge

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Simile

• compares to things that are unalike using like or as

• EX: They were as happy as a dog camping

Open Ended

What's an example of a simile?

Alliteration

• the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• EX: Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkyIiSN8eKg

Onomatopoeia

naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it

Poll

How are you feeling about this?

• I totally got this

• What is happening right now

• I feel a little confused but okay

Personification

• giving an inanimate object human qualities

• EX: The stars danced in the sky

Multiple Select

Which ones are examples of personification?

• See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me

• And no one knows, how far it goes

• If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me

• One day I’ll know, if I go there’s just no telling how far I’ll go

Hyperbole

an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point

Multiple Choice

"I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed."

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

"And I think to myself

What a wonderful world"

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"I mean, white sparkly teeth! I know you probably hear this all the time from your food, but you must bleach or something 'cause that's one dazzling smile you got there!"

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole