1.what do you think this ad for butter is trying to communicate to consumers? 2.did the advertiser...
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1. What do you think this ad for butter is trying to communicate to consumers?
2. Did the advertiser explain all of this to you, or did you have to infer the message?
3. Why is it more effective, in this case, to use an image, rather than words?
Figurative Language Definition
Language that the author uses to:
Figurative Language Uses
Manipulate your emotions Deepen your
understanding of an idea Communicate many things
at once
Metaphor Definition
Comparing two unlike things, where one is like a symbol of the other
Metaphor Uses
It helps you to understand something more deeply
Metaphor Example
She’s a dollHe’s a dreamMy baby brother is a pigMy room is a pig styThat thief who stole my wallet is a stinky rat!
Personification Definition
When the author gives an animal, an object, or an idea, human qualities
Personification Uses
It helps you to understand something more deeply
Personification Examples
Personification Examples
I could hear the cake calling my name
My computer threw a fit last night!
The clouds wept and their tears drenched the hills
The thunder grumbled like an old man
Hyperbole Definition
An intentional or deliberate exaggeration
Hyperbole Uses
It usually sparks an emotional response in the reader.
Hyperbole Example
This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me!
He’s got tons of money I’m so hungry I could eat a horse I’ve told you a million times to do your
homework
Imagery Definition
Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s 5 senses
Imagery Uses
Helps the reader to imagine how things look, feel, smell, taste, or sound
Imagery ExamplesHis scream was a hurricane of fury
Everyone froze in awe when she walked into the cafeteria
Her eyes were so full of tears that they gushed into a flood on her cheeks
The pain of their words filled his bones to the core
Imagery Example
She breezed through the room like a gentle wind
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream
The drink was hot and sweet, like candy and summer
At the end of the day, I let the soft bed swallow me up
The hot drink that filled my nose with the scent of Christmas
Simile Definition
Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”
Simile Uses
Helps the reader to understand something they are not familiar with, by comparing it to something they are familiar with
Simile Example
Her smile was like the summer
His words felt as sharp and hot as flaming knives
The story swallowed me up like a starving lion
The humiliation seeped like water into my bones
Alliteration Definition
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration Uses
Helps change the rhythm or mood of a poem or story
It engages the reader in the text
Alliteration Examples
Daisy, do a dollup!The wind whispered across the wide and weary earth
It sank like salt into broken bones
The tears sank to my skin as my heart filled with sadness
They froze in fear as his words fell quietly to the floor
Onomatopoeia Definition
The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings
Onomatopoeia Uses
Helps give life to the writing
Onomatopoeia Examples
Buzz
Croak
Zip
Beep
Stanza Definition
A group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem
Stanza UsesSeparates ideas in a poem, just like a paragraph or chapter would in a story
They can have the same # of lines or a different # of lines
Stanza ExampleOh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard,The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends He will,But which it only needs that we fulfill.
4stanzas
Symbol Definition
A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself
Symbol Uses
Helps the author to communicate many ideas and/or feelings at once
Gives ideas a deeper meaning
Symbol Example
Chain can symbolize coming together
Black can be used to represent deathThe black swallowed her up as her eyes softly shut
A rock can represent a personThe rock stood sturdy against the assault of the waves