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Figurative Language

Figurative vs Literal

Literal Language

Literal Language – You say exactly what you mean. 

You make no comparison, and you do not exaggerate or understate the situation.

  The car is blue.

  He caught the football.

Figurative Language

 Does not mean what it says.  You have to figure out what it means

          

 I’ve got your back.

            

You’re a doll.

Figurative or Literal?

1. The moon followed me all the way home.  

2. The house was small.  

3. We must have walked a hundred miles today.  

4. He is as skinny as a toothpick.

5.The Lakers played a good game.

Multiple Choice

Literal or Figurative??

These bags are so heavy my arms are falling off.

• literal language

• figurative language

Multiple Choice

Literal or Figurative??

Mary is always dressed neatly.

• literal language

• figurative language

Multiple Choice

Literal or Figurative??

I’ve told you a million times to clean your room.

• literal language

• figurative language

Multiple Choice

Literal or Figurative??

Half of the class did not complete the assignment.

• literal language

• figurative language

Idiom

• Definition- An idiom is a phrase or expression that is not meant to be taken literally, but is used to exaggerate a point.

• Example- It's raining cats and dogs.

Simile

• Definition: A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• Example: He slept like a log.

Hyperbole

• Definition: A huge exaggeration.

• Example: I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off!

Alliteration

• Definition- Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Similar to a tongue twister.

• Example- Silly sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

Metaphor

• Definition- A comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as. You are stating that one thing is the other thing.

• Example- My class is a circus!

Personification

• Definition- Giving non-human things human-like qualities.

• Example- My keys grew legs and ran away!

Multiple Choice

″Worm wasn’t sucking my lips off. He was kissing Charlese,″ I want to yell ...

What kind of figurative language is present in this quote?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

My fingers are starting to shake, and my throat is dry as toast.

What kind of figurative language is present in this quote?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

She got them wrapped around her hands like boxing tape and is punching me upside the head with them.

What kind of figurative language is present in this quote?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• My mouth was as dry as the desert.

• It is very dry in the desert.

• My mouth was a desert.

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

Multiple Choice

My keys grew legs and ran away!

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor