Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• Objectives
• We will be able to identify and use figurative
  language in our reading and writing.
• We will be able to differentiate between the
  different types of figurative language.

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What is figurative language Mrs. Heady?

• Im so glad you asked that question!!!
• Figurative language is a tool that an author
  employs (or uses) to help the reader visualize
  (or see) what is happening in a story or poem.
  Some common types of figurative language are
  simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia,
  idiom, puns, and sensory language.

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Simile

• A SIMILE is a figure of speech where X is
  compared to Y, using the words AS or LIKE .
• For example,
• You are as pretty as a budding lilac.

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Metaphor

• A METAPHOR is a figure of speech where X is
  compared to Y, and where X is said TO BE Y. A
  METAPHOR says that X IS Y.
• For example,
• Sara is as happy as a lark.

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Personification

• Personification is when something that is not
  human becomes human.
• For examplea talking pig!!!!
• Charlottes Web
• Beauty and the Beast

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Alliteration

• Alliteration is when the first letter in a word
  is repeated in several words.
• For example,
• Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and
  artichokes.
• Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
• Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
  
• Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes.

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Onomatopoeia

• An onomatopoeia is a word or a grouping of words
  that imitates the sound it is describing.
• For example,
• Oink
• Clank
• Boom

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Hyperbole

• A hyperbole is an exaggeration. It is often
  confused with a simile or a metaphor because it
  often compares two objects.
• For example
• His feet were as big as a barge.
• I nearly died laughing.
• I tried a thousand times.

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Puns

• A pun is a phrase thats funny.
• For example,
• I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
  Then it hit me.
• Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side
  was cut off? He's all right now .
• I couldn't quite remember how to throw a
  boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.

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Idioms

• a phrase that does not make any literal sense.
• For example
• Get your mind out of the gutter.
• A Blessing In Disguise.
• A Chip On Your Shoulder.
• A Dime A Dozen.
• A Doubting Thomas.

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ImagerySensory Language

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  sh2.html
• Def Sensory language is language that uses words
  from the 5 senses.
• For example,
• Delicious
• Scrumptious
• Stinky
• Chalky
• Rough
• Piercing
• Loud
• Eye candy

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Come and journey with me through

• A figurative language unit that will blow your
  mind!!!!!

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Activity

• With you peer buddy, you will be assigned a type
  of figurative language. You will create examples
  of your figurative language and share them with
  the class.