Figurative Language, Inverted Syntax & Archaic Meaning

1. Figurative Language, Inverted Syntax & Archaic Meaning English III

2. Figurative Language • Metaphor: a figure of speech which compares two things without using “like” or “as” • Our house is our nest • My love is a deep ocean • Simile: a figure of speech which compares two things using “like” or “as” • Our house is LIKE a nest • My love is AS deep as an ocean

3. Figurative Language • Extended Metaphor: a metaphor that draws the comparison out and compares the two things at length and in many ways • Our home is our nest, we fly away only to return to its snug protection • Personification: figure of speech in which an object, animal or idea is given human characteristics • Our house wraps our family in its warm embrace • The dog laughed and the bears sang

4. Figurative Language • Hyperbole: figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis • Our house means more to us than all the money in the world • I’m so happy I’m just going to die

5. Figurative Language • Our burning house was a ghost, Moaning in mournful despair; Its memories gasping for breath, Its bones turned to smoky air. Identify the examples of figurative language in this passage.

6. Figurative Language • Our burning house was a ghost  Metaphor • Moaning in mournful despair  Personification • Its memories gasping for breath,  Personification • Its bones turned to smoky air. • Whole stanza is an extended metaphor

7. Inverted Syntax • Sentence structure in which the expected order of words is reversed • Sometimes this is found in older poems because authors would reverse word order to conform to meter and rhyme scheme however people did not speak this way in everyday language

8. Inverted Syntax • From the flames I ran away • I ran away from the flames • My words on deaf ears fell • My words fell on deaf ears

9. Archaic Language • Words that were once in common use but have since fallen out of use.