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Figures of speech

Figures of speech. Seeing connections pages 520-521. Figure of speech. Expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections Always based on a comparison, and it is not literally true Example: I’m going to give you a piece of my mind. Similes: “x” is like “y”.

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Figures of speech

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  1. Figures of speech Seeing connections pages 520-521

  2. Figure of speech • Expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections • Always based on a comparison, and it is not literally true • Example: I’m going to give you a piece of my mind.

  3. Similes: “x” is like “y” • In a simile, two dissimilar things are compared using a word such as like, as, than or resembles. • Examples: • Lucy feels lighter than a grasshoppper. • The fork resembles a bird’s foot.

  4. Metaphors: “x” is “y” • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than or resembles. • Examples: • Simile: You eat like a pig. • Metaphor: You are a pig!

  5. Metaphors: direct and implied • SIMILE: • The snow is like a blanket on the ground. • DIRECT METAPHOR: • The snow is a blanket on the ground. • IMPLIED METAPHOR: • The snow blankets the ground.

  6. Personification is a type of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something that is not human - - an animal, an object, or even an idea.

  7. personification • Giving life and feelings to things that are inanimate or lifeless. • Examples: the tooth is angry; the cough is stubborn; love is blind

  8. Extended metaphor • When a metaphor is extended or continued into a paragraph, or throughout an essay, song, or poem.

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