Figurative vs Literal Language

Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meaning of words.

• Irony

• Conflict

• Climax

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Giving human characteristics to non-human things is?

• Irony

• Personification

• Similie

• Becoming Human

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words and phrases that require you to distinguish between literal and figurative meanings.  Some examples are similes and metaphors.

• drama

• author

• figurative language

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a type of figurative language that makes comparisons using “like” or “as”.  An example is her shirt is as green as grass.

• metaphor

• cite evidence

• characters

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why do authors use non-literal language?

• To make their writing more interesting.

• To confuse the audience.

• To be mean.

• To cause frustration in the reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Is this sentence literal or non-literal?

There is a big test tomorrow. I have butterflies in my stomach!

• Literal

• Non-literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

I will vacuum the apartment so I don’t saddle my father with extra work.

Is the underlined word used literally or figuratively?

(a)  

• literally

• figuratively

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a type of figurative language that makes a comparison without a linking word.  An example is it was a zoo.

• drama

• metaphor

• summarize

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Chliche

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6