Figurative Language and Meanings

What is figurative language?

• Language that has one literal meaning

• Language that uses extremely advanced vocabulary

• Language with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

• Language that communicates complicated concepts and ideas

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

 

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is...

• figurative

• literal

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

use of descriptive words/phrases to create a mental picture and cause emotions or 1 of the 5 senses for the reader

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• imagery
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

giving human traits to something that is not human

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5A

A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing IS the other.

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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