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Figuring it Out

Figurative Language. Figuring it Out. Literal and Figurative. Language. LITERALLY. Literally: words function exactly as define Examples: The car is blue . He caught the football. FIGURATIVELY. Figuratively : F igure out what it means; Figures of Speech.

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Figuring it Out

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  1. Figurative Language Figuring it Out

  2. LiteralandFigurative Language

  3. LITERALLY Literally: words function exactly as define Examples: The car is blue. He caught the football.

  4. FIGURATIVELY Figuratively: Figure out what it means; Figures of Speech. Examples:I’vegot your back. You’re a doll.

  5. REVIEW Simile: Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.” Examples: Busy as a bee. Dry as a bone. Crazy like a fox.

  6. REMEMBER! Using “like” or “as”doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile: I like elephants. Simile: He stomped like an elephant.

  7. REVIEW Metaphor: Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.” Examples: He’s a walking dictionary. My brother’s a couch potato. Time is money.

  8. REVIEW Personification: Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples: The sad, run-down house. The moon gave me a mid- night wink. The flowers drank the rain.

  9. REVIEW Hyperbole: Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. Examples: That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur. It was so cold the polar bears wore jackets.

  10. REVIEW Understatement:Expression with less strength than expected. The opposite of hyperbole. • Examples: After barely escaping with his life, he • turned to me and said “well, that was interesting.” • The girl’s dancing was so bad, the only • thing the teacher could say was • “Well, your style is unique.”

  11. ALLUSION • Allusion:A reference made to something that is not • directly mentioned. Examples: I was surprised his nose didn’t grow. • (referring to Pinocchio) • He was a real Romeo with the ladies • (referring to William Shakespeare’s “Romeo • and Juliette”)

  12. ONOMATOPOEIA • Onomatopoeia: A figure of speech that names a • thing or an action by imitating the • sound associated with it. • Examples: buzz, hiss, flutter, flap, roar, woof, pling, splish-splash, plop, smack, • crash, boom, pow, ring-ring, thud, • ribbit, whoosh, zonk.

  13. ALLITERATION • Alliteration:A figure of speech that is a phrase that • contains the repetition of usually beginning • consonant sounds in two or more • neighboring words. • Examples: The wild and wooly walrus waits and • wonders when we’ll walk by. • Three grey geese in a green field grazing, • grey were the geese and green was the • grazing.

  14. IRONY • Irony: Irony is a tragic twist to what should • have been a happy moment. • Examples: He won the million dollar powerball • and died the next day. • The Titanic was advertised as being • 100% unsinkable, but in 1912, the • ship sank on its very first voyage.

  15. Quiz On a separate sheet of paper… • I will put an example of figurative language on the board. • You will write whether it is a simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, understatement, allusion, alliteration, onomotapoeia, or irony. • You may use your notes.

  16. NUMBER ONE The old dog was blind as a bat.

  17. NUMBER TWO They were all chickens hiding under the bed.

  18. Number three They could hear the ribbitbut couldn’t see the frog.

  19. NUMBER FOUR Looking outside, all she could see was rabbits running over roses.

  20. NUMBER FIVE The bees played hide and seek with the flowers.

  21. NUMBER SIX She’s as thin as a toothpick.

  22. NUMberseveN Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

  23. NUMBER 8 He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.

  24. NUMBER NINE Well, that was interesting, he said, after narrowly missed being hit by a bullet.

  25. NUMBER TEN Carrie never stops talking.

  26. Answers Simile Metaphor Onomotapoeia Alliteration Personification Simile/Hyperbole Irony Allusion Understatement Hyperbole

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