This document provides a lesson on different types of figurative language for middle school students. It begins by explaining the difference between literal and figurative language. Then it discusses five common types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and oxymoron. Examples are provided for each type. The lesson concludes with practice identifying the type of figurative language used in different phrases. The overall purpose is to help students understand and identify different figurative language devices commonly found in literature, music, and everyday speech.
FIGURES OF SPEECH - PRESENTED BY MR TB MHLONGOThabiso Mhlongo
In this slide, you are going to learn about figures of speech.
The lesson objectives of this lesson are as follows.
After this lesson, you should be able to:
*Define what is meant by figures of speech.
*Know the different types of figures of speech.
*Define the different types of figures of speech.
*Identify figures of speech in actual text and visual text.
*Use the different types of figures of speech in your own writing.
TEN SETS OF COMMONLY MISUSEDCONFUSED TERMS (httpwww.grammaru.docxmattinsonjanel
TEN SETS OF COMMONLY MISUSED/CONFUSED TERMS (http://www.grammaruntied.com/?p=32)
In each pair/set, explain how you understand each word is defined. Be sure to include how each is used differently. Include a short sentence that demonstrates your knowledge of each word. DO NOT simply look up a word and list the definition (although you may if you need to, of course, as a starting point); you must also, however, show how YOU understand each term.
1. to, too, two
2. there, their, they’re
3. you’re, your
4. it’s, its
5. accept, except
6. affect, effect
7. than, then
8. allusion, illusion
9. allude, elude
10. elicit, illicit
BASIC ACADEMIC KEYWORDS (S.A.S.E.)
Again, explain how you understand each of the four listed acts of reading/writing. Be sure to include how each is used differently. Include your grasp of what each act involves and does not involve. DO NOT simply look up a word and list the definition (although you may if you need to, of course, as a starting point); you must also, however, show how YOU understand each term.
Summarize
Analysis
Synthesize
Evaluate
RHETORICAL APPEALS
Again, explain how you understand each of the four three concepts. DO NOT simply look up a word and list the definition (although you may if you need to, of course, as a starting point); you must also, however, show how YOU understand each term.
logos
pathos
ethos
Choose the word that completes each sentence in the most conventional way.
1. I absolutely refuse to (accept except) that my PS4 has been stolen.
2. I don't always like to take my grandmother's (advice advise), but in this case, she is definitely correct about that guy.
3. Do you know whether we will be (aloud allowed) to use our notes during the final exam?
4. The insurance adjuster just showed up to (apprise appraise) the damage to our car.
5. I really need to take some Tylenol; this headache is almost more than I can (bear bare).
6. I realize that it is none of my business, but your new haircut is extremely (bazaar bizarre).
7. After we are done with this activity, I think we will take a 15 minute (brake break).
8. Because it has so many sex scenes in it, that book was (censored censured) in most European countries.
9. The band's new lead guitarist simply couldn't get his fingers to form the correct C minor (cord chord).
10. Of (course coarse), your behavior is the real reason why she is so frustrated.
11. Luckily, Samantha was able to use comedy to (defuse diffuse) the tension of the situation.
12. If you want to sneak in to the concert, your movements must be (discreet discrete).
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14. In order to (ensure insure) that you will remember these new vocabulary terms, you need to find some ways to understand them on a personal level.
15. The best thing to do is put your late report in an (envelope envelo ...
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2. PURPOSE: Be able to differentiate, identify, and understand different types of
figurative language. Figurative language is used in books, movies, T.V. shows and
especially in song lyrics. How will you fully understand those lyrics that you keep
singing without knowing figurative language?
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Middle school students
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Ability to read and understand multiple meanings of
words.
TIME COMMITMENT: 20 minutes
ORGANIZATION: Each time you see this slide, it is the start of a new objective or
part, followed by an explanation, examples, and practice items.
4. You will learn how to:
Differentiate
the meanings of figurative
and literal
language.
Identify the
purposes of
figurative language
Identify phrases
as literal or
figurative
Define simile, metaphor,
personification,
hyperbole, and
oxymoron
Identify phrases as
simile, metaphor,
personification,
hyperbole, and
oxymoron
EXI
T
6. FIGURATIVE: Words are
used in non-traditional
ways.
LITERAL: Words are used
with their traditional
definitions.
EXIT
7. Meaning: You make me
happy.
FigurativeLiteral
You are my
sunshine.
It is sunny
today.
Meaning: The sun is
shining
Not a real
sunshine.
Represents a
person
Real sunshine
EXIT
8. Meaning: She runs like the
wind is blowing her; which
is fast!
FigurativeLiteral
She runs like
the wind.
She is a fast
runner.
Meaning: She runs fast.
EXIT
9. Let’s Practice: True or False??
Figurative can be defined as using the
traditional definitions of words.
True False
EXIT
11. HOW TO TELL IF A PHRASE IS LITERAL
OR FIGURATIVE
YES NO
Ask yourself:
12. MORE
PRACTICE!!!
Santa’s Nose is a
bright red cherry
Literal Figurative
He shivered from the
cold.
Literal Figurative
He is shivering like a
jackhammer.
Literal Figurative
EXIT
14. PURPOSES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
To Show Similarities
SIMILAR: It is as quiet as a funeral
in here.
Everyone knows how quiet a funeral
can be, so it helps us envision
exactly how quiet it really is.
To Put a Picture in the Reader’s
Mind.
Example: The virus spread like
wildfire.
EXIT
15. Santa’s nose is a bright red cherry.
Show similarities
between a cherry and his
nose.
Put an image in your
mind.
EXIT
16. Practice time!! What does the figurative phrase mean?
My dog is a teddy bear who loves to cuddle.
a) to show that this person likes teddy bears;
b) to show the dog is a teddy bear;
c) to show how cuddly the dog is
EXIT
17. Awesome!
Part 3: What are the different types (devices)
of figurative language?
EXIT
18. For example: Her eyes are as blue as the sky.
He is shivering like a jackhammer.
Compares two seemingly unlike things using the words
“like” or “as”.
EXIT
19. Compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or
as.
Santa’s nose is a bright
red cherry.
EXIT
23. Practice Time!!
Silently answer the following questions. Choose from the box on the right. When you are
ready with your answer, click the question and it will tell you if you are right!
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
1. This device uses opposite words together
2. This device gives human qualities to objects
3. This device compares using “like” or “as”
4. This device compares without using “like” or “as”
5. This device is an exaggeration
If you missed any, please click HERE to go back and review.
EXIT
24. Wow. You are awesome!
Part 4: Can you identify the different
figurative language devices?
EXIT
EXITEXIT
25. You “shine bright like a diamond.”
– lyrics from Rihanna’s “Diamond”
Comparison word
Superman is as fast as a locomotive
Comparison words
EXIT
26. Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
-Katy Perry “Firework”
Comparing you
to a firework
Comparing your unique
qualities to the bright colors
of a firework
EXIT
27. “Boy, you got my heartbeat running away.”
-Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Her heart is beating fast!!
EXIT
28. No one can really shed
enough tears to create a
river!!
EXIT
30. Practice Time!!
The engine roared to life.
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Metaphor
Her hair looks like a bird’s
nest.
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Metaphor
I’m so tired, I could sleep
forever.
a) Oxymoron
b) Metaphor
c) Hyperbole
You are my sunshine.
a) Simile
b) Hyperbole
c) Metaphor
The silence was seemed so loud.
a) Hyperbole
b) Oxymoron
c) Metaphor
EXIT
31. Thanks for interacting with my
lesson. When you are ready to
take the test, please click below.
TAKE TEST!!
EXIT
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Editor's Notes
Let’s take it piece by piece: What does figurative mean? *Figurative def.* It is opposite from literal *literal def* Let’s look at some examples.
Let’s try another example.
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