Descriptive and Figurative Language

Figurative language

by Alexandria Jemison

Onomatopoeia

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Multiple Choice

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word

• A descriptive word

• A sound word

• A statement

Symbolism

• a symbol is when something is used to represent something else

• symbols can be used to represent something other than the object itself, abstract concepts, and multiple layers of meaning

• authors use symbolism to convey deeper meaning about a subject or topic

Multiple Choice

What is a symbol?

• a sign

• something representing something else

• an object

• characters in a story

Multiple Choice

Alliteration is:

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the beginning of two or more words

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating in the middle of two or more words

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the end of two or more words

Repetition

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• Repetition= when the same word or image or idea is used continuously it creates rhyme

Repetititon

Words or phrases that are repeated in the poem.

FLASHBACK

• events that occurred before the earliest event in the story

• interrupts the plot to reveal what happened in the past

Hyperbole

One ton = 2000 pounds

Could a backpack really weigh that much? NO!

This is an exaggeration so it is a hyperbole.

Multiple Choice

What literary device is shown in the lyric?: "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, and it's not warm when she's away" (Withers).

• Allusion

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Simile

Compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as"

Example: She is as tall as a giraffe.

Metaphors

Compares 2 things by saying something is something else.

Example: My father is a bear in the morning.

Multiple Choice

The snow is a white blanket.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

He is as sly as a fox.

• simile

• metaphor

KEY WORDS

These words tell us that an author is comparing and contrasting something

Lesson Vocabulary

• Compare & Contrast means to look at how things are similiar and different

Multiple Choice

If the story goes back in time to show you something, the author is using:

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Flashback

• Oxymoron

Puns

A pun is a play on words.  

It is figurative language, which means it cannot be taken literally (actual or factual)

Multiple Choice

The tree had a lot of bark but little bite.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

Irony: the opposite of what is expected

• literary device used in stories

• 3 types

• ....verbal

• ....dramatic

• ....situational