Figurative Language

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More on Literal

My meaning is exactly what I say.

To be literal is to mean what you say. For example:If I tell you to sit down! I mean it literally: “sit down,” as in: “sit in your seat now, please.”

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and more on Literal

I mean exactly what I say.

Here’s another example.I’m tired and going home.

This means “I’m tired and I’m going home” there is no other meaning other than what is said.

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Figurative

I’m not suggesting we get into the freezer.

To be figurative is to not mean what you say but imply something else. For example:

If, I tell you: “let’s go chill!”

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Figurative continued

It has nothing to do with temperature.

“let’s go chill” …

…means let’s relax together and do something fun.

I am hungry as a horse.

You run like a rabbit.

He is sneaky as a snake.

She is happy as a clam.

The girl was a fish in the water.

The clown was a feather floating away.

The flowers danced in the wind.

The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

The friendly gates welcomed us.

Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.

Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

                                                                                                             Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips

The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

Chug chug chug!!

Swish swish swish

Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh

Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

• I will never speak to her again!• I ate a ton of pizza.• If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million

times.

• As sharp as a tack• He’s a pill• Boom!• The fog crept up the shore

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.• "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!“• I’ve got tons of work to do!