Figurative Connotative Technical Language

When a non human is described as expressing or having human actions, characteristics, or emotions.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

Giving something human like qualities when it's not human is ________________.

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

These meanings are based on the positive or negative associations and feelings people have when they read a word or phrase.

• denotative

• connotative

• technical

• personification

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

___________ is the type of meaning a word has based on the negative and positive associations and feelings people have when they read a word or phrase

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

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.

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

Compares two unlike things by saying one thing is, or some things are, the other.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• connotation

Tags

LAFS.7.RI.2.4

Connotation is a word's ___________.

• synonym

• anyonym

• emotional meaning

• literal, dictionary definition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

8. Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A word that is a sound

• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4