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Figurative language

Figurative language. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is using language to create a strong image in the reader’s mind. . I’m so angry I could blow my top.

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Figurative language

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  1. Figurative language

  2. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is using language to create a strong image in the reader’s mind.

  3. I’m so angry I could blow my top. “Blow my top” is an example of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. It doesn’t mean his head is going to blow up. The writer wants you, the reader, to understand he is very mad!

  4. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. The writer is exaggerating his hunger. He means he is very hungry, but he wants the reader to be able to understand how hungry he is. So, he writes using FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

  5. Let’s review examples of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

  6. In the next slides you will be matching an example of figurative language to a definition. You will need paper and pencil. Number your paper from to 1-14. You will only write the letter of the correct answer. You may refer back to this slide.

  7. 1. What type of figurative language compares two unlike objects using like or as?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliterationF. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  8. 2. What type of figurative language uses the sound of a word to create an image for the reader?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliterationF. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  9. 3. What type of figurative language repeats first letters (or parts of words) to create an image for the reader.A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliteration F. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  10. 4. What type of figurative language compares two objects that are not similar?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliteration F. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  11. 5. What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliteration F. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  12. 6. What type of figurative language gives human qualities to an object?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliteration F. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  13. 7. What type of figurative language is an expression that doesn’t mean what the words say?A. simile B. metaphor C. idiomD. personification E. alliteration F. hyperbole G. onomatopia

  14. Now check your answers. A G E B F D C

  15. Now try to use what you have reviewed in your own writing. Write a simile on your paper. (Write the entire sentence. Be sure to include a capital and correct punctuation.) 8. His teeth were as white as…. Underline the simile.

  16. 9. Write a sentence using this idiom. The light went on in her head when….. Underline the idiom.

  17. Write a sentence with this idiom. 10. He can never keep a secret. He let the cat out of the bag when….. Underline the idiom.

  18. Write a sentence using onomatopoeia. 11. The splat of the catsup on the counter…….. Underline the onomatopoeia.

  19. Write a sentence using alliteration. 12. The babbling brook….. Underline the alliteration.

  20. Write a sentence using personification. 13. The stars danced across…… Underline the personification.

  21. Write a sentence with this metaphor. 14. He was a pillar of strength when his family was….. Underline the metaphor.

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