The two ofthem loved to go to the park where _____.
a. Like a frog
b. Carried a ton of apples
c. The trees whispered and danced in the breeze
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The two ofthem loved to go to the
park where the tress whispered
and danced in the breeze.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Define whatis Figurative Language
Contruct setences using diffirent types of
fugurative language, and;
Give importance of knowing Figures of Speech.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Itis figurative language in the
form of a single word or phrase.
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Figurative means languagethat goes beyond the
normal meaning of the words used.
Based on or making use of figures of speech;
metaphorical
Represeted by a figure or symbol.
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Literal means theactual, dictionary meaning
of the word; language that means what it appears
to mean.
Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or
embellishment.
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Literal: The skyis pale blue with clouds.
(It means what it says.)
The sky is full of dancing stars.
(The sky seems to have many twinkling
starts in it, so many that they look like
they are moving around using dance motions.)
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Simile
A figure ofspeech that compares two things that
are different from each other but have similar
qualities. They are generally formed through
the usage of the words “as” or “like”.
Her expression was as cold as ice.
Last night Bob slept like a log.
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Metaphor
Used for implyinga comparison between two
things that have something in common but are in
general different from each other.
Romeo and Juliet: What light through yonder
window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the sun!
He broke my heart.
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Personification
Which attributes humannature or human
qualities to abstract or inanimate objects.
The tree bowed and waved to me in the wind.
The opportunity knocked at his door.
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Hyperbole
Is a figureof speech that consists of exaggeration.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
Ten thousand suns light up this room.
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Irony
Is a contradictionbetween what happens and
what you expect to happen.
A fireman afraid of fire.
Telling a rude customer to “have a nice day”.
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Can you differentiateSimile and Metaphor.
How about Hyperbole and Irony.
Identify what is Personification?
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Direction: Identify whattypes of figures of speech
are used in the sentence.
1.She’s older than dirt.
2.Time is money.
3.She eats like a pig.
4.The snowflakes danced.
5.Your hands are as clean as mud.