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Page 1: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Go Figure!

Figurative Language

Page 2: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative

language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface.

It usually gives us a feeling about its subject. Authors and poets use figurative language

almost as frequently as literal language. When you read, you must be conscious of the difference. Otherwise, a text may make no sense at all.

Page 3: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Recognizing Literal Language “I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could

literally burst!” In this case, the person is not using the word

literally in its true meaning. Literal means "exact" or "not exaggerated." By pretending that the statement is not exaggerated, the person stresses how much he has eaten.

Literal language is language that means exactly what is said.

Most of the time, we use

literal language.

Page 4: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

What is figurative language?

Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,

you are using figurative language.

Page 5: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Types of Figurative Language

Imagery Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Idioms

Page 6: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Alliteration Repeated consonant sounds occurring at

the beginning of words or within words.

Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

Page 7: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Allusion An allusion is a reference to a famous

person, place, event, or work of literature. It is something that is in most cases widely known by all people.

Example: “He ran the race but lost despite his Herculean effort.

Page 8: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Dialect A dialect is a form of language that is

spoken in a certain place or by a certain group of people. Dialects may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

Example: “Yes’m. I reckon that’s what I should do.”

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Flashback A flashback is an interruption of the action

to present a scene that took place at an earlier time.

Example: “As soon as I saw the trophy my mind was transported back to a younger time. I wasn’t an old man. I was young and had just won that award for…”

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Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is when an author

provides clues or hints that suggest future events.

Example: “Charlotte took the dirk that Zachariah gave her and put it under her mattress. She hoped she wouldn’t need to think of it again, but alas, that would not be the case.

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Hyperbole An exaggerated statement used to

heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several

million occasions.

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Imagery Language that appeals to the senses.

Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses.

• Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell

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Metaphor A figure of speech which involves an

implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped

through the dessert.

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Onomatopoeia

The use of words that mimic sounds. Example: The firecracker made a

loud ka-boom!

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Personification A figure of speech which gives the

qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Example: “The wind yells while blowing."

The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

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Simile A figure of speech which involves a

direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny

arms are strong as iron bands.

Page 17: Go Figure! Figurative Language Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language

Symbolism A symbol or symbolism is a person, place,

object or an action that stands for something beyond itself.

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Repetition Repetition is the use of any element of

language—a sound, word, phrase---more than once to stress a certain idea.

Example: “The highwayman came riding, riding, riding,

the highwayman came riding up to the old inn door.”

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Idioms An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to

a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet," meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.

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Figurative Language Resources

Eye on Idioms (Online PPT) Paint by Idioms (Game) Alliteration or Simile? (Quiz) Similes and Metaphors (PPT) The Search for Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms

(PPT) Alliteration (PPT) Onomatopoeia (PPT) Personification (PPT) Hyperbole  (PPT) Idioms (PPT) Simile (PPT)

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Teaching Similes and Metaphors Alliteration Lesson Plan and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm Hyperbole- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm Idiom Lesson Plan

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm Imagery- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/imagery2.htm Lesson Plan for Puns

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/5lesson.htm Onomatopoeia- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm Personification Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm Proverbs- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/proverbs2.htm