Jumpers Rock!

1. Jumpers Rock!

2. Types of Figurative Language • Adages and Proverbs • Connotations & Denotations • Hyperbole • Idiom • Imagery • Metaphor • Personification • Simile • Symbol

3. Adages and proverbs-sayings that reflect wisdom and truth and are based upon generations of experience. Ex. “Where there is smoke, there is fire.” “Don’t cry wolf.”

4. Denotation – A dictionary definition of a word. Ex. Nosey – A prying or inquisitive quality

5. Connotation– A thought, image or idea associated with a word. Ex. Nosey-Negative Connotation meaning prying. Curious – Positive Connotation meaning inquisitive.

6. Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration; an overstatement that is usually unbelievable and humorous Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

7. Idiom- a figure of speech where the words mean something other than what they literally say Ex. It’s raining cats and dogs.

8. Imagery- words that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch Ex. The big, slippery trout plunged silently back into the river.

9. Metaphor-a comparison of two unlike objects and states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. Ex. He is a bull on the football field.

10. Oxymoron – A two-or three-word phrase that contains opposite words or ideas. Examples- Wise Fool, Jumbo Shrimp, Pretty Ugly, etc.

12. Simile- a comparison of two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as.” Ex. Her brown eyes were like pools of dark chocolate.

13. Symbol – Something concrete that stands for something abstract. A symbol may be a person, place, thing, or action. It may stand for an idea belief, feeling, or attitude. A symbol keeps its own meaning while also standing for something else. Ex. A horseshoe is a symbol of luck.