Figurative Language

1. Figurative Language • Today Ms. Kudsi will be talking about: Hyperboles and Personification

2. Personification *giving human characteristics to things, animals, or ideas. Examples: The pencil flew out of my hand. Blind justice.

3. Example Example: “The wind yells while blowing." The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

4. Additional examples The ancient car groaned into third gear. The cloud scattered rain throughout the city. The tropical storm slept for two days.

5. Movies and Cartoons Personification is often used in movies and cartoons Example: Shrek Mickey Mouse

6. Activity Write down as many types of personification you can think of.

7. Pick a noun from this list sunmoonstarsskyseastonenightmountaindawnmorning

8. Pick a verb from this list tellsshowsremindsteacheslistensremembersbringslooksdancesdreamsguidestakes

9. Now you get to create! Place the two words next to each other and make a personification! Example: noun=stone Verb=listens The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows around it.

10. Hyperbole *an exaggeration *used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Examples: I nearly died laughing. I tried a thousand times.

11. Example Example: She’s said so on several million occasions.

12. What examples do you use of hyperboles? • I could sleep for a year. • This box weighs a ton. • I've told you a million times not to exaggerate. • Your mother is so small she does chin-ups on the curb.

13. Activity • Fill in the following blanks with a hyperbole: That student is so lazy that.......................... That class was so boring (or exciting) that....................