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Literal vs. Figurative Language. Computer Lab Instructions. Get a chair, sit down. You may choose your seat, but you will be moved if you talk. No warnings. Log in and open to http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757135#1. Today – December 3, 2012.
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Computer Lab Instructions • Get a chair, sit down. You may choose your seat, but you will be moved if you talk. No warnings. • Log in and open to http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757135#1
Today – December 3, 2012 • We will review figurative language. • We will preview the worksheets. • We will read the online article. • You will complete both worksheets and turn them in at the end of class for a classwork grade. • If you finish early, you may take the online quiz, print it and submit for extra credit.
If you are able to work together after reading, • Stop talking and look to the front if you hear this sound. • http://youtu.be/AbJ_Jg_CX-c
Literal vs. Figurative Language • Literal language – the words mean what they say • Figurative language – words are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.
Figurative Language • Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. • The many types of figurative language are known as figures of speech. • This includes metaphors, similes and personification. • Language shaped by imagination.
Figurative Language • Simile • A figure of speech that uses the words like, as, than, or resembles to compare things that have little or nothing in common. • Life is like a box of chocolates; you're never sure what you're gonna get.
Figurative Language • Metaphor • A comparison between unlike things in which some reasonable connection is instantly revealed. A metaphor is a more forceful version of a simile because like or as is dropped. • “I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut.” • “I have just boarded a plane, without a pilot And violets are blue, roses are red Daisies are yellow, the flowers are dead.”
Mixed Metaphor • is a succession of incongruous or ludicrous comparisons. • When two or more metaphors (or cliches) are jumbled together, often illogically, we say that these comparisons are "mixed."
Mixed Metaphor • In Garner's Modern American Usage, Bryan A. Garner offers this classic example of a mixed metaphor from a speech by Boyle Roche in the Irish Parliament: "Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat. I see him floating in the air. But mark me, sir, I will nip him in the bud." This sort of mixed metaphor may occur when a speaker is so familiar with the figurative sense of a phrase ("smell a rat," "nip in the bud") that he fails to recognize the absurdity that results from a literal reading.
Personification • Attributing human qualities to nonhuman things or to an abstract idea. The seasons played around his knees Like Children round a sire Grandfather of the days is he Of dawn, the Ancestor - Emily Dickinson
Hyperbole • is just a big word for "exaggeration.“ As the Tilt-a-Whirl started spinning, Jackie held on tighter than a tick on a dog's ear.
Literal vs. Figurative Language • Note what happens when figurative language is taken literally. • http://youtu.be/v6mfDJ02VCY
Find the figurative language • Write them down. • http://youtu.be/5xxQs34UMx4
Figurative Language • Symbolism - The practice of using symbols. • Symbol - An object, setting, event, animal, or person that on one level is itself, but that has another meaning as well. • http://youtu.be/x2m_hwDlntw
Figurative Language • For example, the American flag is really a piece of fabric with stars and stripes on it, but it also represents the United States and ideals like freedom, patriotism, and pride. • In a story or play, rain could be a symbol; the rain would really be rain, but it might also represent an idea like sadness or leaving the past behind.
Watch Video – Look for symbolism and other figurative language • http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757135
Go to: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757135#1s Into dark water
As you read, look for figurative language. • What words does the author use to describe the sky before the disaster? What feelings do these words evoke? • The sky was “brilliant,” and the stars “reminded Jack of diamonds.” • The description evokes hope, promise, excitement, happiness, etc.
As you read, look for figurative language. • How does the author use imagery and symbolism to create a sharp contrast between the time before and after the ship begins to sink? • (Hint: Consider how she describes the water.) • After using images of light to symbolize life and establish a sense of promise and excitement, the author describes the water as black and cold, symbolizing death and evoking feelings of doom and fear.