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Figurative Language!

Figurative Language!. (this was better, but I lost my old PowerPoint ). Devices of Figurative Language. Metaphor. A comparison between two unlike things where one represents the other – something is something else. I have a mountain of laundry at home. (The laundry is a mountain.).

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Figurative Language!

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  1. Figurative Language! (this was better, but I lost my old PowerPoint )

  2. Devices of Figurative Language

  3. Metaphor • A comparison between two unlike things where one represents the other – something is something else. • I have a mountain of laundry at home. (The laundry is a mountain.)

  4. Simile • A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is similar to another – something is like something else. (Will always use like or as) • The toddler hit the living room like a tornado, leaving toys scattered everywhere. • The dog was as big as a house, so we put him on a diet.

  5. Personification • When something inhuman (inanimate, animal, or even an idea) is given human-like qualities. • It was so cold that the trees were shivering and the birds put on extra socks.

  6. Hyperbole • Exaggeration. When something is made out to be a lot greater than it is. • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse! • It took me four hundred years to drive to school this morning because traffic was so bad.

  7. Synecdoche • When a part represents a whole. • He asked for her hand in marriage. • Dallas will not be going to the Super Bowl this year.

  8. Metonymy • When something is represented by something closely associated with it. • He loved her enough to put a ring on her finger. • We called the press to report the latest news from Washington.

  9. Devices of Reference

  10. Allusion • Making a reference to something else. The reader should get the reference without it being explained. • I have a real Romeo in my first block class. The girls can’t get enough of him! • If you were a cool teacher, your course would include a lesson on the Dougie.

  11. Apostrophe • Talking to something that can’t hear you. This can either be something abstract, an inanimate object, or someone who isn’t there. • O Muse! Come help me make this PowerPoint! • Sunlight, please shine upon my soccer game today!

  12. Devices of Sound

  13. Alliteration • When words share the same beginning consonant sound. • Dog, duck, dingo, drab, down, doofus, drat. • She sells seashells by the seashore.

  14. Assonance • Words with the same internal vowel sound. • Puppy and Duck • Gooey and Tuna • Fresh and Wedding

  15. Onomatopoeia • When a word is defined by its sound. • BAM! • POW! • Knock • Bang • Crack

  16. Slant Rhyme • Words with the same ending consonant sound. It almost rhymes, but not quite. • Sing and bang • Been and Serene • Haggle and Google

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