2. Figurative and Literal Language
Literally: words function exactly as defined
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figuratively: figure out what it means
Iāve got your back.
Youāre a doll.
^Figures of Speech
3. Simile
Comparison of two things using ālikeā or āas.ā
Examples
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.
4. Important!
Using ālikeā or āasā doesnāt make a simile.
A comparison must be made.
Not a Simile: I like pizza.
Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
5. Metaphor
Two things are compared without using
ālikeā or āas.ā
Examples
All the world is a stage.
Men are dogs.
Her heart is stone.
6. Personification
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Examples
The sunlight danced.
Water on the lake shivers.
The streets are calling me.
7. Hyperbole
ā¢ Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
ā¢ Examples
ā¢ I will love you forever.
ā¢ My house is a million miles awa Sheād kill me.
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8. Understatement
Expression with less strength than expected.
The opposite of hyperbole.
Iāll be there in one second.
This wonāt hurt a bit.
10. Idiom
ā¢ A saying that isnāt meant to be taken
literally.
ā¢ Doesnāt āmeanā what it says
ā¢ Donāt be a stick in the mud!
ā¢ Youāre the apple of my eye.
ā¢ I have an ace up my sleeve.
Idiom
11. Pun
ā¢ A form of āword playā in which
words have a double meaning.
ā¢ I wondered why the baseball
was getting bigger and then it
hit me.
ā¢ Iām reading a book about anti-
gravity. Itās impossible to put it
down.
ā¢ I was going to look for my
missing watch, but I didnāt
have the time.
12. Oxymoron
ā¢ When two words are put together that
contradict each other. āOppositesā
ā¢ Jumbo Shrimp
ā¢ Pretty Ugly
ā¢ Freezer Burn
13. Quiz
On a separate sheet of paperā¦
1. I will put an example of figurative
language on the board.
2. You will write whether it is an simile,
metaphor, personification, hyperbole,
pun, proverb, idiom, onomatopoeia,
oxymoron or understatement.
3. You can use your notes.
18. 6
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.