Unit 4: Figurative Language

Figurative

Language

Unit 4

A simile is a comparison using "like" or "as."

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Simile

Open Ended

Write your own simile.

 A direct comparison between two unlike things is: 

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Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• She was as beautiful as the fallen snow.

• Winter is a long sleep.

• The penguin was like a cat.

• The snow danced in the air.

A joke that results from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds.

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Pun

Open Ended

Write a pun below.

If this is difficult, just repeat to me what a pun is.

EX: A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.

Giving something non-human, human-like qualities

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Personification

Open Ended

Write an example of personification.

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse. For example, “His tender heir might bear his memory” (William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 1”). The “eh” sound in “tender,” “heir,” “bear,” and “memory” is an assonant sound.

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Source: Grammarly

Assonance

Multiple Choice

Which of the following figurative language terms best fits the definition:

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

• Dissonance

• Connotation

• Assonance

• Personification

Multiple Choice

When the author gives hints about what will happen later in the story, it is called:

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

When the author gives hints about what will happen later in the story

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Foreshadowing

When what is said is different than what is meant

Verbal

Irony

When what is expected to happen is different than what actually happens

Situational

Irony

When the audience knows more than the characters. It is when the audience knows something about a situation or person that the characters in the story do not know.

Dramatic

Irony

Match

Match the following terms to their definitions.

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

When the audience knows more than the characters

When what is expected to happen is different than what actually happens

When what is said is different than what is meant

• When the audience knows more than the characters

• When what is expected to happen is different than what actually happens

• When what is said is different than what is meant

Paradox

A statement or situation with seemingly contradictory or incompatible components

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a paradox?

• The cat clapped at the bat.

• I must be cruel to be kind.

• The earth yawned.

• Pitter patter of feet

When two juxtaposed words have opposing or very diverse meanings. A figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put side by side to form a phrase

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Oxymoron

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss. etc.)

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Onomatopoeia

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

EX: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore

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Alliteration

A type of figurative language peculiar to a particular language and different from the connotative meaning of the words; a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

Idiom

A reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, art, religion, mythology, sports, or politics that most readers should recognize.

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Allusion

Match

Match the following words to their definitions.

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put side by side to form a phrase

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The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz)

A phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

A reference to a person, place or event that many should recognize.

• Figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put side by side to form a phrase

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• The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz)

• A phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• A reference to a person, place or event that many should recognize.

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Source: Oxford Languages

Hyperbole

Open Ended

Write down an example of hyperbole (you can work with the people around you for this).

A humorous scene, or speech, intended to lighten the mood.

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Comic Relief

Open Ended

Name an example from a show, podcast, movie, or any other media you consume that fits the description for "comic relief."

Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.

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Source: MasterClass

Repetition

Denotation: The literal or primary meaning of a word.

Connotation: An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Denotation vs. Connotation

Language used by poets, novelists, and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

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Source: LiteraryTerms.net

Imagery

Match

Match the following words to their definitions.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Repetition

• Imagery

A reference to a person, place, or event that most people should recognize.

The literal or primary meaning of a word.

Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

Language used by poets, novelists, and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

• A reference to a person, place, or event that most people should recognize.

• The literal or primary meaning of a word.

• Using the same word or phrase over and over again.

• Language used by poets, novelists, and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

Multiple Choice

The underlined words are examples of what figurative language device? 

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” (2.2.2-3).

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Personification

Multiple Choice

The underlined words are examples of what figurative language device? 

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,

Would scarcely know that we were gone.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Paradox

• Personification

Poll

How confident are you in your own abilities to recognize figurative language when reading?

• I'm confident. Don't worry, Ms. Ellis.

• I'm mostly confident. Maybe worry a little, Ms. Ellis.

• I'm so-so on my confidence. Worry a bit more, Ms. Ellis.

• I'm not confident at all. Worry a lot, Ms. Ellis.