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- 2. Essential Questions • Whatis figurative language? • How can I interpret figurative language?
- 3. What is figurativelanguage? Here are some examples. What do you think figurative language means? • The wind whispered softly through the trees. • The cafeteria pizza was a soggy, droopy piece of cardboard. • The teacher glared like a furious dragon.
- 4. What is figurativelanguage? The wind whispered through the trees • Can wind really whisper? • What is the author trying to tell us about wind?
- 5. What is figurativelanguage? • The cafeteria pizza was a soggy, droopy piece of cardboard. • Is the pizza really cardboard? • What is the author trying to tell us about the pizza?
- 6. What is figurativelanguage? The teacher glared like a furious dragon. • Was the teacher really a dragon? • What is the author trying to tell us about the teacher?
- 7. What is figurativelanguage? • Figurative language expresses an idea that goes beyond the actual meaning of the words • Wind can’t whisper… but the expression gives you an idea of how the wind sounds
- 8. Kinds of figurativelanguage Similes Metaphors Personification There are actually many kinds of figurative language. In this presentation, we’ll focus on three
- 9. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • To interpret figurative language means to understand what the author is trying to say • To interpret figurative language, it’s important to understand how different kinds of figurative language work
- 10. How can Iinterpret figurative language? Personification is a kind of figurative language • Personification means to give human thoughts and qualities to nonhuman objects
- 11. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • How does this sentence show personification?
- 12. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • How is this sentence showing the tree doing something that trees don’t really do?
- 13. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • Trees can’t really feel proud. This is an example of personification.
- 14. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The tree stood tall and proud by the curving path • What is the author trying to tell us about the tree?
- 15. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The leaves danced as they fell from the trees • What are the leaves doing that leaves can’t really do?
- 16. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The leaves danced as they fell from the trees • Leaves can’t dance • This is an example of personification • What is the author trying to tell us about the leaves?
- 17. Let’s Review! • Whatis figurative language? • What is personification?
- 18. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • A simile is another kind of figurative language • A simile is a comparison between two unlike objects using “like” or “as”
- 19. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is being compared in this simile?
- 20. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is being compared in this simile?
- 21. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • The author is comparing the students to pigs
- 22. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The four students sat down at the cafeteria table and ate like pigs • What is the author trying to say about the way that the students are eating?
- 23. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • What is the author comparing in this simile?
- 24. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • The waves are being compared to a kitten lapping milk
- 25. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping milk • What is the author trying to say about the waves—that they are rough and fierce, or small and gentle?
- 26. Let’s Review! • Whatis it called when an author gives human thoughts and feelings to non-human objects? • Personification • What is a comparison using “like” or “as”? • Simile
- 27. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • A metaphor is another kind of figurative language • A metaphor is a comparison that does not use “like” or “as”
- 28. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • What is being compared in this metaphor?
- 29. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • The school is being compared to a maze
- 30. How can Iinterpret figurative language? • The school was a maze of hallways and passages • What idea is the author trying to express with this metaphor?
- 31. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • What is being compared in this metaphor?
- 32. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • The math test is being compared to a walk in the park
- 33. How can Iinterpret figurative language? The math test was a walk in the park • What is the author trying to tell us about the math test?
- 34. Let’s Review • Whichkind of figurative language makes a comparison using “like” or “as”? • Simile • Which kind of figurative language gives human thoughts and qualities to non-human objects? • Personification
- 35. Let’s Review • Whichkind of figurative language makes a comparison without using “like” or “as”? • Metaphor
- 36. Practice • Read theexamples on the next few slides • Which kind of figurative language do they show? • How can you interpret the figurative language?
- 37. Example #1 The airplanelanded as gracefully as a ballerina • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
- 38. Example #1 The airplanelanded as gracefully as a ballerina • Simile
- 39. Example #1 The airplanelanded as gracefully as a ballerina Interpret the simile • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to tell us?
- 40. Example #1 The airplanelanded as gracefully as a ballerina Interpret the simile • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to tell us?
- 41. Example #2 The watersmashed angrily against the rocks • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
- 42. Example #2 The watersmashed angrily against the rocks • Personification
- 43. Example #2 The watersmashed angrily against the rocks Interpret the personification! • What is the water doing that water doesn’t really do? • What is the author trying to tell us about the water?
- 44. Example #3 My brother’sroom was a dark, mysterious cave • Personification • Simile • Metaphor
- 45. Example #3 My brother’sroom was a dark, mysterious cave • Metaphor
- 46. Example #3 My brother’sroom was a dark, mysterious cave Interpret the metaphor! • What is the author comparing? • What is the author trying to show about the brother’s room?
- 47. Essential Questions Can youanswer these questions? • What is figurative language? • How can I interpret figurative language?