Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Today we are learning figurative language because

• Not all language is literal, sometimes language is figurative.

• You may read, they have 'butterflies in their stomach'

• It's important to know that they don't have actual butterflies in their stomach.

• The person is actually feeling nervous

• Butterflies in your stomach is a metaphor for feeling nervous

Figurative Language is used to...

• Describe something using descriptive language

• Make the reader have a reaction

• Make a story more interesting

Multiple Choice

It's raining like cats and dogs.

• Figurative language

• Literal tanguage

Multiple Choice

It's 32 degrees outside.

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

Multiple Choice

I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten in 100 days.

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

Multiple Choice

My backpack weighs a ton.

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

Multiple Choice

Whisper words or wisdom.

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

Multiple Choice

Brown Girl Dreaming is a book of poems. Does it have a lot of figurative language?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Why does the author in Brown Girl Dreaming use figurative language?

There are different types of Figurative Language:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

A metaphor is when you compare two things to make something more familiar.

• The cycle of life.

• Music to your ears.

• You are my sunshine.

• He is a walking dictionary.

• Each of these help you to better understand the other

Open Ended

What do you think "He is a walking dictionary" means?

Open Ended

What is the purpose of a metaphor?

A personification is when you give human characteristics to animals or objects.

• The dog was speaking my language.

• the toaster was informing me the bread was ready.

• The vacuum must be tired.

• The cat was angry and didn't come around me the rest of the day.

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Open Ended

Come up with your own personification.

A hyperpole is when you exaggerate something.

• I'm so hungry I can eat a horse.

• It's so hot I could die.

• I'm so irritated I'm just going to hide in my room all year.

• I'm so happy I could

• You can't literally eat a horse, but you are so hungry you could feel like you could eat a horse.