Figurative Language Figurative language is the use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings. Figurative language requires you to use your imagination.
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Figurative Language
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Figurative language is the use of words that go beyond their
ordinary meanings. Figurative language requires you to use your
imagination to figure out the author's meaning. The waters
reflection was like the sun on glass.
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Idioms SAYINGS! Example: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Written in context: Even though the dress I got for Christmas is
not my style, my mom taught me to never look a gift horse in the
mouth. Explanation: Never criticize a gift, mainly because it is
free. In the old days, when you were going to buy a horse, the
buyer would check its mouth to see if was healthy before
purchasing.
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Simile Comparing two unlike things using like or as Examples:
My love is like a red, red rose. She is as thin as a toothpick.
Your eyes are like sunshine
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Similes Example: Eyes as dark as coal. Written in context: The
young boys eyes were as dark as coal. Explanation: A simile
compares two unlike things using the words like or as. In this case
a persons eyes are compared to a piece of black coal, indicating
the boys eyes are really dark.
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Famous similes Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby. When Im
gone, Ill miss you like a child misses her blanket. I love you like
a fat kid loves cake.
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METAPHOR-A figure of speech comparing two different things
without using the words like or as. Stars are buttons off the
angels gowns.
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Metaphors Example: Mom is a raging bull. Written in context: My
mother became a raging bull, who was racing towards a target, when
she realized I had not cleaned my room! Explanation: A metaphor,
like a simile, compares two unlike things, but it does not use the
words like or as. In the example above, the mom is a raging bull
which is clearly unlikely and impossible. However, it accurately
shows the reader how the mother felt.
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Famous metaphors Generally, metaphors use a form of the verb to
be. See underlined examples above! Were just two lost souls
swimming in a fish bowl year after year. Pink Floyd You be the
prince and Ill be the princess. Its a love story, baby, just say
yes. Taylor Swift
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HYPERBOLE-figurative language where exaggeration is used for
emphasis Our teacher is so old she probably taught cavemen how to
make a wheel.
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Hyperboles Example: Eating a whole cow. Written in context: I
am so hungry I could eat a whole cow. Explanation: A hyperbole is
an exaggeration. No one could really eat a whole cow, no matter how
hungry they are. This figurative language is used to show the
reader that the person is really hungry. However, it is not meant
to be taken literally.
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Hyperbole Hyperbole is an exaggeration or overstatement. Like
other figurative language, hyperbole is used to create a certain
image or idea, and is not meant to be taken literally. Strong as 10
regular men, definitely. Aladdin You know Id walk 1,000 miles if I
could just see you tonight. Vanessa Carlton Im the type of guy
thatll take you out and buy that rock thatll break your arm.
-Jagged Edge
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Personification- giving human characteristics to things that
are not human The moonlight walked across the water.
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Personification Example: Wind whistling. Written in context:
The wind whistled through the empty forest. Explanation: A
personification gives human qualities to a non-human thing. In the
sentence above, the wind, a non- living thing is said to be
whistling. However, the wind does not have lips like a person in
order to whistle.
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Personification Obviously, we know brooks dont laugh. However,
by personifying the brooks, the author allows the reader to imagine
the sound of the running water flowing in the brook. Have you ever
noticed what cheerful things brooks are? Theyre always laughing.
Even in winter-time Ive heard them under the ice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKexdSZNiLc&feature=related
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Alliteration-figurative language using the repetition of
consonant sounds (the sounds are at the beginning of the word)
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Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the same
consonant sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the
words in a phrase. Examples: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Cute cuddly
monkeys
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Alliteration Example: Nodded, nearly, napping. Written in
context: While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a
tapping The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe. Explanation: Alliteration is
the repetition of the first consonant sound in more than two
consecutive words. It is used to create a feeling or a mood. Some
other authors use it as humor, such as tongue twister. (Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers.)
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Assonance The repetition of a vowel sound in non- rhyming
words. Breakin rocks in the hot sun, I fought the law and the law
won I hear you calling out my name All of the elements will fade
Never before has love looked safe Never again will it look the same
But then we fall back now to this empty house There the wars will
rage (Cartel)
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Consonance The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the
end of words. At night they would go walking til the breaking of
the day, The morning is for sleeping Through the dark streets they
go searching to seek God in their own way, Save the nighttime for
your weeping (Coldplay)
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Onomatopoeia -a word or words that imitate a sound The click,
click, click of the computer keys gave Mrs. Jones a headache.
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Onomatopoeia Example: SPLAT! Written in context: As the boy
tripped over the rock, all that was heard was the SPLAT! of the ice
cream scoop hitting the ground. Explanation: Onomatopoeia is the
imitation of sound to send the reader a clearer picture of what
happened. It helps writing by adding one of the five senses,
hearing. (Other examples: Hiss, crack, tick-tock, buzz, slam,
etc)
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Oxymoron Example: Pretty ugly Written in context: Even though
everyone thought the black duckling was pretty ugly, he turned out
to be a beautiful swan. Explanation: An oxymoron is a contradiction
in a sentence. The contradiction in this sentence is pretty and
ugly. They mean the complete opposite and therefore it is an
oxymoron. Usually, something is either pretty or ugly, but not
both.
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Pun Example: Wooden Shoe Written in context: I would like to go
to Holland someday. Wooden shoe? Explanation: A pun is a play on
words. In the example above Wooden Shoe is replacing the words
wouldnt you. Since wooden shoes are an important icon from Holland
it adds humor and ties the whole statement together.
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Imagery Use of descriptive words that appeal to the senses
(smell, sight, sound, touch, taste). Examples: The lake was left
shivering by the touch of morning wind. Her face blossomed when she
caught a glance of him. The eerie silence was shattered by her
scream.
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Understatement Statement that deliberately represents something
as much less in magnitude or importance than it really is.
(opposite of hyperbole) "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain
speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped.
We are doing our best to get them going again. I trust you are not
in too much distress."
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Allusion An allusion is a reference to another work, event, or
person in a piece of literature (or history) for effect The
championship game is a real match of David vs. Goliath
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Synecdoche A part is used to represent the whole (as hand for
sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the
specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general
for the specific (as thief for pickpocket). I fought the law and
the law won (Bobby Fuller)
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End Rhyme Rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines Take me
back to the time we had our very first fight, The slamming of doors
instead of kissing goodnight, You stayed outside till the morning
light (Taylor Swift)
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Internal Rhyme Rhyme that occurs within a single line Your
faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn't pass (Green
Day) I lost my fake ID but you lost the motel key (Katy Perry)
6th
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Identify the literary device: (figurative language) 1.
Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle - from Beowulf 2. Though I
was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging
through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings. 3.
For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky - from the Rime of
the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 4. Her romantic mind
was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the
puzzling East... Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. 5. In the eastern sky
there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming
sun... The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
Helga hangs handkerchiefs on the line.
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence? The
boy could swim like a fish.
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What type of figurative language is used in the following
sentence? John is a mountain on the field.
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What type of figurative language is used in the following
sentence? Jimmy is so skinny, a skeleton looks fatter than he
does!
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence? The
trees danced by the shore.
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Theme/Subject Theme is a message/lesson that the work transmits
or a statement about life in general usually the human condition
(THE MEssage) The subject of a work is the literal focus of the
plot Subject: blue people vs. humans Theme: corporations should not
exploit cultures for material gain 1st 3rd 5th
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Symbolism A symbol is something specific or concrete used to
represent something abstract (colors. too!) Heart = Love; Ocean =
Change
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Tone, Mood, and Diction Tone The authors implied attitude
towards the subject and audience - Ex: Informal or Formal, Bitter,
Playful, Serious TONE = TELLER MOOD = ME Mood The feeling created
in the reader by a literary work. Diction Authors choice of
words.
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JOURNAL Write an example of 10 different types of figurative
language (use complete sentences)