Spring Figurative Language

A hyperbole is a......

• An overexaggeration

• Something Ms. McLaughlin made up

• A new ice cream flavor

• A new type of sports car

Which answer is an example of personification ?

• The car is a gem

• The lightning dances across the sky

• During the storm the sky was black as charcoal

• My sandwich is dry like sand

The definition of a metaphor is.....

• Giving inanimate objects human like qualities

• A reference to well-known things, event or people

• A side-by -side comparison that highlights differences as well as similarities

• A comparison that does not use like or as

What is the definition of figurative language?

• A fancy type of sentence structure

• A creative way of using words to convey more than their literal meaning

• A type of writing strategy

• A new language spoken in several European countries

What is a simile?

• A comparison

• A part of speech

• A new teaching strategy

• A comparison of two or more unlike things using as or like

Read the sentence from paragraph 1. She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario, not because she had been baptized with that name or given to it by her mother, but because she had searched until she found the poetry of “beauty” and “twilight” and cloaked herself in it. What does the personification in the sentence convey to the reader about Belisa?

• It emphasizes that poetry is Belisa’s main form of written and verbal communication.

• It illustrates that words are not just her profession but a part of Belisa’s identity.

• It reveals that Belisa purports herself to be something that she is not.

• It shows that Belisa desires to erase the people and memories associated with her past.

Read the sentence from paragraph 4. But Charles remembered Daresbury Parsonage as a happy spot, an “island farm, ’midst seas of corn.” How does the author use rhetoric to support his views about Dodgson?

• The author uses personification to express Dodgson’s preference for solitude.

• The author uses metaphor to illustrate Dodgson’s nostalgia for his family home.

• The author uses irony to emphasize Dodgson’s ability to see the ordinary as exciting.

• The author uses hyperbole to show Dodgson’s connection to nature.

Fats.

They’re the black-hatted bad guys of nutrition, the most demonized of all nutrients.…

But is fat really all that bad? Does it deserve to be so maligned?

This may come as a surprise to you, but fats are mostly good guys in nutrition. You need them to survive. In fact, there are a slew of “good” fats with astonishing powers to outwit disease and keep you healthy for a lifetime. Sure, there are some health-risky fats, but even some of those are needed in small amounts for good health. When you’re dealing with fats, the key is to control not only the amount you eat but also the kind of fat you eat.

To get a handle on how fats affect your heath, it helps to learn some basic facts about this most misunderstood of all nutrients.

How does the author use rhetoric in paragraphs 1-5 to establish the purpose of the passage?

• The author uses formal scientific language to present information about fats.

• The author uses irony to encourage increased consumption of fats.

• The author uses satire to ridicule people who refuse to consume fats.

• The author uses figurative language to clarify the misconceptions about fats.

It was a bitter and cruel experience, and it plunged them into an agony of despair. Such a time, of all times, for them to have it, when their hearts were made tender! Such a pitiful beginning it was for their married life; they loved each other so, and they could not have the briefest respite! It was a time when everything cried out to them that they ought to be happy; when wonder burned in their hearts, and leaped into flame at the slightest breath. They were shaken to the depths of them, with the awe of love realized—and was it so very weak of them that they cried out for a little peace? They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them Read this sentence from paragraph 2. They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them. How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

• to convey a sense of beauty about the couple’s relationship

• to emphasize the short time the couple experienced together

• to illustrate how nature played a part in the couple’s relationship

• to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience

Over them, relentless and savage, there cracked the lash of want; the morning after the wedding it sought them as they slept, and drove them out before daybreak to work. Ona was scarcely able to stand with exhaustion; but if she were to lose her place they would be ruined, and she would surely lose it if she were not on time that day. They all had to go, even little Stanislovas, who was ill from overindulgence in sausages and sarsaparilla. All that day he stood at his lard machine, rocking unsteadily, his eyes closing in spite of him; and he all but lost his place even so, for the foreman booted him twice to waken him. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Over them, relentless and savage, there cracked the lash of want; the morning after the wedding it sought them as they slept, and drove them out before daybreak to work. How does the figurative language in this sentence help the reader understand the reality the characters face in the excerpt?

• It reveals the couple’s lack of control over their environment.

• It portrays the couple’s physical pains from their labors both day and night.

• It describes the couple’s inability to spend any time with each other.

• It establishes the couple’s desire to pay back the debt caused by their wedding.