Figurative Language (with Hunger Games examples)

What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

• language that is easy to understand

• language that means exactly what it says

• language that means something different from what is says

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What is a SIMILE?

• a comparison that uses "like" or "as"

• an exaggeration

• a statement that gives human characteristics to a something that is not human

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 Read the excerpt below from The Hunger Games: 

"I feel like an old piece of leather, drying and cracking in the heat" (169). 

Explain what is meant by this SIMILE. 

 

• Katniss's skin has been turned into leather like a cowhide from the sun. 

• Katniss is extremely dehydrated and sun burnt. 

• Katniss is old and weak. 

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How is a METAPHOR different from a SIMILE?

• A metaphor has a deeper meaning.

• A metaphor doesn't use "like" or "as".

• A metaphor is rarely used in writing.

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Read this excerpt from The Hunger Games: 

"I know it's time to move on, but the smoke has clouded my thoughts. The swift-footed animals that were my compass have left me behind" (174).  

What is the effect of this METAPHOR?

• It is reminding the reader that Katniss was following the animals that were running from the fire to determine which direction to go. 

• It gives more information about the animals that were running through the forest. 

• It shows the reader that Katniss is unable to survive without modern tools or survive. 

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What is PERSONIFICATION?

• a statement that gives human characteristics to nonliving things

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• a comparison not using "like" or "as"

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Read this excerpt from The Hunger Games: 

"I sit on the ground, a few yards from the blaze set off by the fireball. My calf is screaming, my hands covered in red welts." 

Is this PERSONIFICATION?

• Yes, because the speaker directly compares two unlike things.

• Yes, because the calf of her leg is not literally screaming--she means that it is in severe pain. 

• No, because it does not use "like" or "as".

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What is a HYPERBOLE?

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• an exaggeration

• a statement that gives human characteristics to a nonliving thing

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Which of the following sentences from The Hunger Games uses HYPERBOLE? 

• "What's funny was, Prim, who's scared of her own shadow, stayed and helped" (179). 

• "My mother says healers are born, not made" (179). 

• "They did their best, but the man died, just like the doctor said he would" (179). 

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What is an ALLUSION?

• a magic trick

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• a reference to literature, movies, or culture 

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