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Title: Figurative Language


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Figurative Language
  • Figuring it Out

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Figurative and Literal Language
  • Literally words function exactly as defined
  • The car is blue.
  • He caught the football.
  • Figuratively figure out what it means
  • Ive got your back.
  • Youre a doll.
  • Figures of Speech

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Simile
  • Comparison of two things using like or as.
  • Examples
  • The metal twisted like a ribbon.
  • She is as sweet as candy.

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Important!
  • Using like or as doesnt make a simile.
  • A comparison must be made.
  • Not a Simile I like pizza.
  • Simile The moon is like a pizza.

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Metaphor
  • Two things are compared without using like or
    as.
  • Examples
  • All the world is a stage.
  • Men are dogs.
  • Her heart is stone.

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Personification
  • Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
  • Examples
  • The sunlight danced.
  • Water on the lake shivers.
  • The streets are calling me.

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Hyperbole
  • Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
  • Examples
  • I will love you forever.
  • My house is a million miles away.
  • Shed kill me.

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Onomatopoeia
  • A word that makes a sound
  • SPLAT
  • PING
  • SLAM
  • POP
  • POW

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Idiom
  • A saying that isnt meant to be taken literally.
  • Doesnt mean what it says
  • Dont be a stick in the mud!
  • Youre the apple of my eye.
  • I have an ace up my sleeve.

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Quiz
  • On a separate sheet of paper
  • I will put an example of figurative language on
    the board.
  • You will write whether it is an simile, metaphor,
    personification, onomatopoeia, or hyperbole.
  • You can use your notes.

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  • He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

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2
  • Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are
    kings and queens.

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3
  • We hid Joe like a sand crab on the beach.

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4
  • The sun was beating down on me.

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5
  • A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.

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6
  • He was a lion in battle.

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7
  • Ravenous and savagefrom its longpolar
    journey,the North Windis searchingfor food

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  • Dinner is on the house.

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  • My little brother is ferocious like a Chihuahua.

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11.
  • The clouds smiled down at me.

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12.
  • SPLAT!

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13.
  • She is as sweet as candy

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14.
  • I could sleep forever!

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17.
  • The wheat field was a sea of gold.
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