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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. English 10 Poetry Unit. Figurative Language. Figurative language is language that is not meant to be understood literally. To understand figurative language, you must think about it!. Metaphor.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language English 10 Poetry Unit

  2. Figurative Language Figurative language is language that is not meant to be understood literally. To understand figurative language, you must think about it!

  3. Metaphor A metaphor states that one thing is another thing and has a tenor, ground and vehicle.

  4. Simile A simile is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things using like or as _________ as etcetera.

  5. Personification Personification is giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

  6. Are the following expressions examples of • Personification • Simile • Or • Metaphor?

  7. The Alarm clock went off like a bomb!

  8. Simile

  9. The ants marched home.

  10. Personification

  11. She’s as mad as a hatter!

  12. Simile

  13. Sun went to bed!

  14. Personification

  15. The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

  16. Metaphor

  17. She was as quiet as a mouse.

  18. Simile

  19. The trees whispered to each other in the darkness.

  20. Personification

  21. The frog’s tongue moved like lightening.

  22. Simile

  23. She ate the mountain of food greedily.

  24. Metaphor

  25. Oxymoron An oxymoron is a two word statement where the two words contradict each other.

  26. Paradox A paradox is a statement that seems to be impossible.

  27. Pun A pun is a deliberate confusion between two words or phrases that sound the same. Puns are usually meant to be jokes.

  28. Are the following expressions examples of Oxymoron Paradox Or Pun?

  29. The people we love the most often become those we hate the most.

  30. PARADOX

  31. Giant Shrimp

  32. OXYMORON

  33. Deep down he's really very shallow.

  34. Paradox

  35. Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

  36. PUN

  37. Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand. Gracian

  38. PARADOX

  39. Some children think that their parents are all no-ing.

  40. PUN

  41. They have ears but hear not.

  42. PARADOX

  43. Balding Hair

  44. OXYMORON

  45. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

  46. PUN

  47. Man must choose to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them. Ivan Illich

  48. PARADOX

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