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Go Figure!

Go Figure!. Figurative Language Blue Team – Seventh Grade. What is figurative language?. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. . Types of Figurative Language. Imagery Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification

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Go Figure!

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  1. Go Figure! Figurative Language Blue Team – Seventh Grade

  2. What is figurative language? • Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

  3. Types of Figurative Language • Imagery • Simile • Metaphor • Alliteration • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole • Idioms

  4. Imagery • Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses. • • Sight • • Hearing • • Touch • • Taste • • Smell

  5. Simile • A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. • Example 1: My cousin eats like a bird. • Example 2: My bedroom was like a pigpen until I cleaned it.

  6. Metaphor • A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. • The comparison does NOT use like or as. Example 1: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert. Example 2: Her smile was a ray of sunshine on that cold, dark day.

  7. Alliteration • Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken. Example: The announcer had trouble reading “Red-Ribbon week” during the news show.

  8. Personification • A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Example 1: The tall cornstalks danced in the field on the windy day. Corn cannot dance. Example 2: The rustling leaves whispered my name. Leaves cannot whisper.

  9. Onomatopoeia • The use of words that mimic sounds. Examples: Meow! Buzz! Moo! Ca-ching!

  10. Hyperbole • An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. • It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Examples: I’m so tired, I could sleep for a year. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!

  11. Idioms • An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words Example 1: It was raining cats and dogs during the hurricane. • Example 2: • Hey! Hold your horses! I’m not ready yet! • Example 3: • You are driving me up the wall with your behavior!

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