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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. “Figuring it Out”. Figurative and Literal Language. Literally : words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively : figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^ Figures of Speech. Simile.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language “Figuring it Out”

  2. Figurative and Literal Language Literally:words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^Figures of Speech

  3. Simile Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.” Examples The metal twisted like a ribbon. She is as sweet as candy.

  4. I am hungry as a horse. • You run like a rabbit.

  5. Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile:I like pizza. Simile:The moon is like a pizza.

  6. Metaphor Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.” Examples All the world is a stage. Men are dogs. Her heart is stone.

  7. Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples The sunlight danced. Water on the lake shivers. The streets are calling me. The hurricane’s winds are yellingwhile blowing outside my window.

  8. Hyperbole Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. Examples I will love you forever. My house is a million miles away. She’d kill me.

  9. Onomatopoeia • A word that “makes” a sound • SPLAT • PING • SLAM • POP • POW

  10. The ball went swish as it hit the net The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

  11. Idiom • A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally. • Doesn’t “mean” what it says • Don’t be a stick in the mud! • You’re the apple of my eye. • I have an ace up my sleeve.

  12. The End!!!

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