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Go Figure!

Go Figure!. Figurative Language. Recognizing Figurative Language. The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface. It usually gives us a feeling about its subject.

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Go Figure!

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  1. Go Figure! Figurative Language

  2. Recognizing Figurative Language The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface. • It usually gives us a feeling about its subject. • Figurative language allows a reader to enter the story because you are showing them instead of telling them.

  3. What is figurative language? • Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. • Figurative language paints a picture to be able to see a point • "The rain came down in long knitting needles."

  4. Types of Figurative Language • Simile • Metaphor • Alliteration • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole

  5. Simile • A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. • Like a writhing snake, the broken electrical wires hissed and twitched in the damp grass. • When the gates were opened, the mob surged forward like a burst dam.

  6. Metaphor • A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the dessert. • The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the darkness. • The window was etched with frost. • His fear was a prison, stronger than any more visible barricade.

  7. Alliteration • Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

  8. Personification • A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Example: “The wind yells while blowing." The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell. • Time stood still. • Love enfolded us in her arms.

  9. Onomatopoeia • The use of words that mimic sounds. Example: The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

  10. Hyperbole • An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: Waves high as mountains broke over the reef. I had to wait an eternity for the file to download.

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