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Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Any language that goes beyond the literal meanging of the words in order to provide new effects or fresh insight.
Figurative language is used everyday:
- TV shows & commercials
- Movies
- Magazine advertisements
- Music
- Poems
- How we talk to each other
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Synesthesia
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Alliteration
Symbolism
Simile
You look like five miles of bad road
Metaphor
The Lord is my shepard.
Personification
My bed is calling my name.
Deliberate & obvious over-exaggeration
He hit me so hard my whole family fell down!
Synesthesia
That fart hung in the air like a purple fog
That tie is so loud it is busting my eardrums
When the words say one thing but mean another. Sarcasm tends to rely on verbal irony.
Onomatopoeia
Repetition of a vowel sound
The sound of the hound was bound to drive me crazy.
Alliteration
Something that represents or stands for something else.
Assignment:
Complete the Figurative Language Exercise Sheets given in class. Use this presentation for definitions and examples.
Types of Figurative Language
Hyperbole
Irony
Assigning human traits to non-human objects
a deliberate confusion of the senses used for effect
Comparing two unlike things not using "like" or "as"
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
When my boyfriend stole my rent money and took my car to Florida, I realized he was a real keeper.
"Amazing grace how sweet the sound . . ."
Assonance
Symbolism
Repetition of a beginning consonant sound
A word that sounds like it means.
Exit Ticket:
Define and provide an example for 2 forms of figurative language.