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Figurative Language-Literally!
In this introduction to figurative language, you
will learn to see text on two levels, the literal and
the figurative creating new meaning.
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Getting Started
Choose whether you need to begin
with level 1 (Identify), level 2
(Analyze) or level 3 (Create).
In each level complete the activities
for similes, metaphors, and
personification before the
assessment.
Ask for help from Mrs. Petersonwhen you need it!
Goal: By the time you finish this
course, you will be able to identify
similes, metaphors, andpersonification, analyze text thatuses those devices and createyour own complex text using the
devices yourself!
For instructions and guidance throughoutthe lessons, click on the audio button.
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+"The pen is mightier than the sword," the
fountain pen taunted as it gleamed like a
dagger waiting to be grasped and thrust
into the heart of my topic. The weapon
willed me to pick it up, brandish it in the air,
and attack the essay with all the rhetorical
devices in my arsenal.
The pen gleamed like a dagger -
The weapon (pen) -
The pen taunted and the weapon willed -
For instructions and guidance throughout thelesson, click on the audio button.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
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Similea comparison between two seemingly unlike
things or ideas using the words likeoras
Life
Literal
Ups anddowns
thrilling
Meaning Roller
coaster
Figurative
Life is like a roller coaster.
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Similea comparison between two seemingly unlike
things or ideas using the words like or as
Chris
Literal
Very fast Seemingly
invisible
Meaning The wind
Figurative
Chris was as fast as the
wind on that bike.
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Similea comparison between two seemingly unlike
things or ideas using the words likeoras
Literal
Very still heavily
Meaning
Figurative
The puppy slept
like a log.
Click on thegreen boxes forthe answers!
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Similea comparison between two seemingly unlike
things or ideas using the words likeoras
Twinkle, twinkle, little star; how I wonder what you areUp above the world so high; like a diamond in the sky!
Literal
Meaning
Figurative
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/twinkle.htm
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Simile Quizin each pair of phrases below, choose the simile
I missed at least
one. I need to
review similes.
I got them all
correct! I am
ready to move
to metaphors!
A BThat idea is as old as time itself. I like old ideas!
A He is very strong. B He is built like a tank.
A Her eyes are bright blue. B Her eyes gleamed like diamonds in the sun.
A That family is as poor as dirt, but they are as happy as clams.
B That family has very little, but they are happy anyway!
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Metaphora comparison of two seemingly unlike things or ideas
without a term of comparison (like, as)
Jaques: All the world's a stage, And all the men and womenmerely players; They have their exits and theirentrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, Hisacts being seven ages.As You Like It Act 2, scene 7, 139143
Literal terms: world, men and women
Figurative terms: stage, players
Meaning: The lives of people on the earth are compared to actorson a stage. We all have different stages in our lives (acts). We
come and go (entrances and exits) in and out of others lives. We
perform our parts (complete the tasks of our lives) before an
audience (others around us) before our final exit (death).
Shakespeare
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Metaphora comparison of two seemingly unlike things or ideas
without a term of comparison (like, as)
That test was a piece of cake.
Test
Literal
Sweet Easy
Meaning Piece
of Cake
Figurative
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Metaphora comparison of two seemingly unlike things or ideas
without a term of comparison (like, as)
Reading thatbook
Literal
Starting a fire
Beginningsomethingnew
Meaning Wood kindling(sticks, twigs)
Figurative
Reading that book kindled my interest in politics.
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Metaphora comparison of two seemingly unlike things or ideas
without a term of comparison (like, as)
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.You make me happy when skies are grey.
Youll never know, dear, how much I love you.
Please dont take my sunshine away.
Literal
Brighten myday
Make mehappy
Meaning
Figurative
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Metaphora comparison of two seemingly unlike things or ideas
without a term of comparison (like, as)
Time Is MoneyYesterday is a canceled check;
tomorrow is a promissory note;
today is the only cash you have, so spend it
wisely.(Kay Lyons)
Literal
Meaning
Figurative
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/kay_lyons/
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Simile and Metaphor QuizIdentify each example as either a simile or a metaphor.
1. Baking is as easy as ABC.
2. Peter laughs like a hyena.
3. Education is your passport to success.
4. My brothers and I fought like cats and dogs.
5. Sally and Jane are two peas in a pod.
6. The ice-covered lake is as smooth as glass.
7. My husband is a baby when he is sick.
8. The boys attacked the pizza like ravenous wolves.
9. Mrs. Smith, the slave-driver, presented her list of tortures for
the semester in the form of a syllabus.
8. The lawyer grilled the witness on the stand.
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PersonificationA figure of speech in which one gives
human qualities to something non-human.
A little steam engine had a long train of cars to pull.
She went along very well till she came to a steep hill.
But then, no matter how hard she tried, she could not move the long train of cars.
She pulled and she pulled. She puffed and she puffed.
She backed and started off again. Choo! Choo!
But no! the cars would not go up the hill.
At last she left the train and started up the track alone.Do you think she had stopped working?
No, indeed! She was going for help.
"Surely I can find someone to help me," she thought
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT
COULD (Watty Piper)
The little steam engine, although an object, is given human
qualities. It is given the pronoun she. The engine is given the
ability to think and reason. It is also given the ability to speak.
This is personification.
http://ah_coo.tripod.com/engine_that_could.htm
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PersonificationA figure of speech in which one gives
human qualities to something non-human.
When opportunity is knocking, open the door!
opportunity
Literal
Is available
Wants to come in
Needs to beinvited
Meaning Person knockingon a closed door
Figurative
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PersonificationA figure of speech in which one gives
human qualities to something non-human.
The baseball screamed all the way into the outfield.
Literal
Hit very hard
In pain
Scared offlying
Meaning
Figurative
P ifi ti
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PersonificationA figure of speech in which one gives
human qualities to something non-human.
The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze.
Literal
Meaning
Figurative
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Review Sites
Grammar:
Quick and Dirty Tips
Similes and Metaphors
English Shorts:
Similie, Metaphor,
Personification
BrainPOP
Simile and Metaphor
Move to Final
Assessment inLesson 1:
Identify
Identify Introduction
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