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Created By Colleen Maestas-Taylor For Palmdale School District

Figurative Language. Created By Colleen Maestas-Taylor For Palmdale School District. Palmdale School District Language Arts Content Standard: Reading - Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.1. Figurative Language in Poetry and Prose. Similes Metaphors Analogies. Similes.

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Created By Colleen Maestas-Taylor For Palmdale School District

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  1. Figurative Language Created By Colleen Maestas-Taylor For Palmdale School District Palmdale School District Language Arts Content Standard: Reading - Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.1

  2. Figurative Language in Poetry and Prose • Similes • Metaphors • Analogies

  3. Similes A comparison of two seemingly unlike objects using “like” or “as.” …faces with smiles like a piano keyboard.

  4. Familiar similes Peter eats like a pig My father is as strong as an ox Jane is neat as a pin Jamal is sly as a fox

  5. What simile are you reminded of in this picture?

  6. Does this expression sound familiar? When Jenny got all of her spelling words correct, she was as“proud as a peacock.”

  7. Metaphors A comparison of two seemingly unlike objectswithout a qualifying term such as “like” or “as.” When Dad’s not home, my brother thinks he’s king of the jungle at my house.

  8. Analogy An analogy is just like a metaphor except it is longer. Joey dreaded Sundays at Grandma’s house. It was a jungle of boa constrictors wanting hugs and vultures sneaking kisses and pinching his cheek.

  9. Why would I want to use a simile, metaphor, or analogy? • Enliven your writing • Economize your use of language • Explore the use of powerful images

  10. Metaphors enliven language. • A metaphor is just more fun. School is a roller coaster ride.

  11. Think about the last metaphor: School is a roller coaster ride. What is a roller coast ride like?

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  13. How could a roller coaster ride be like school. ??????????????????????

  14. Thrilling Scary Exciting Surprising

  15. Can you think of a better comparison? What words could you think of to explain what school is like for you?

  16. Economy of words • If you write, “School is like a roller coaster,” • you use only a few words • to tell someone a lot of • feelings you have about school.

  17. A well-written metaphor is. . .

  18. . . .A sign of genius Or so says Aristotle in Poetics:

  19. Now Are you ready to give it try?

  20. Create your own metaphor

  21. Here are some creative ways to use metaphors as verbs The news thatignited his face snuffed out her smile. as adjectives and adverbs Her carnivorouspencil carved up Susan's devotion. as prepositional phrases The doctor inspected the rash with a vulture's eye. as appositives or modifiers On the sidewalk was yesterday's paper, an ink-stained sponge.

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  23. The End

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