Figurative language grade 3

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  Hi, my little angels.

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  Today we are going to talk about figurative language, which

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  is a type of descriptive language that we use in

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  order to describe mounts.

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  Now, as examples of figurative language, we have similes and

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  metaphors. I'm going to explain each one of them.

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  Indeed, it after explained to you a bit more.

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  What figurative language is figures of language is a type

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  of descriptive language where the meaning off the phrase is

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  not to be taken literally or word for word, the

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  phrase has a deeper or more abstract meaning.

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  So figurative language you, as a reader have to interpret

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  the words to understand the meaning.

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  You use literal language all the time.

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  Everything you say is literal language because you mean it.

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  Word for word, however figurative language you cannot translate or

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  take the phrase word for word because it won't make

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  any sense to you.

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  And by the way, I'm sure that you you was

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  figurative language, but without realizing what they are referred to.

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  For example, when you say Adam has a heart of

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  gold, this phrase means that he has a kind and

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  loving heart.

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  This is an example of a figurative language used to

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  describe how Adam's heart is.

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  However, we do not mean it word for word, because

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  Adam does not have an actual heart of gold.

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  However, it's a phrase used to defer toe.

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  How kind and loving he is now, as examples of

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  figurative language, we have similes and metaphors.

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  Let us first begin with similes.

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  Similes are used to compute to things that are not

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  alike or different.

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  It is a must to use the words like are

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  as when comparing When you when we are talking about

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  similes, Here are some examples I am as quick as

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  a cheetah.

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  Well, are you really as quick as a cheetah?

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  Know, however, we use this phrase by competing how fast

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  we are, how fast cheetahs are in order to show

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  that we are quick.

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  Okay, But we do not mean the literal meaning of

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  it. We do not me and word by work.

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  Okay, here's another example.

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  My ears got here like a rabbit.

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  Well, can we really here like rabbits?

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  No, we can't.

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  However, we compared our hearing sense to rabbits to show

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  that our hearing sense is really good.

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  Okay, He it is another example my heart is as

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  big as an elephant.

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  Is your heart really as big as an elephant?

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  Off? Course not.

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  Elephants are really big afghanimals and we are small compared

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  to them to their size.

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  This simile means that I am a caring and loving

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  person. So do you understand what similes are?

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  What is the most important rule for similes?

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  If you said to use like or as in the

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  phrase itself, then good job now what?

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  The arm at the fours and that the four is

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  a figure of speech That compares one thing to another.

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  However metaphors do not use the words like or ass.

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  Here are some examples.

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  My baby brother is a cute little teddy bear.

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  Don't we all think 30 bears are cute?

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  Yes, they are So over here we are saying that

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  his brother is really cute just like a teddy bear.

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  Here's another example.

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  The car seat is a fluffy cloud.

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  Now this, um this myth a four means that the

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  car seat is really soft like a cloud.

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  Here is another example Custard is a happy is happiness

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  in a bowl.

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  Can you really place happen?

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  A suitable No, you can't.

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  However, It means that custard simply makes you happy when

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  eating it.

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  Okay, Now let us compare between similes and metaphors.

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  Her heart is like gold Now, did you notice that?

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  Insist in this sentence I used the word like, however,

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  as a metaphor, it becomes her heart is gold.

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  I do not use like her.

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  As for metaphors, here is another example.

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  The world is like a stage.

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  This sentence used the word like however, the world is

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  a stage now this metaphor does not have the word

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  like off course.

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  Let's read one last example.

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  Your eyes are like sunshine, which means that they glow

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  like the sun shine Year is the phrase itself, but

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  as a metaphor, you are my sunshine, which means that

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  you bring joy to my life.

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  Okay, Now let's try this exercise.

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  You need to figure out whether this sentence or phrase

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  is a simile arm.

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  At the four, the sky was the color of the

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  calm Pacific, thousands of miles from land.

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  Now, over here, ask yourself.

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  Did I use the words like her ass?

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  I think No, I did not.

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  Therefore, it's some of the whore I'm as hungry as

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  a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

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  Well, this phrase used the word as therefore, it's a

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  simile. She was a kite floating above the confusion around

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  her. Now remember, both similes and metaphors do not have

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  a literal meaning.

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  We differ toe to metaphors and similes as none literal

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  meanings. Okay, figurative language.

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  We cannot translated or, um, I mean it.

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  Word for word.

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  Okay. She was a kite floating above the confusion around

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  her. Now this sentence is a metaphor.

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  Like a silent thief.

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  The dog crept into the kitchen.

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  Wow. The first word in the sentence is like, therefore

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  it's a myth.

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  It's a similarly sorry.

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  My thoughts fluttered from subject to subject, like a butterfly

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  visiting flowers in a field.

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  Now, this sentence is a similar to because it used

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  the word like, I hope you understood the lesson, sweethearts.

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  Let us quickly recap and review what secrets of languages.

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  Figurative language is a descriptive language.

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  We cannot take the phrase worked for work.

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  It is a nun literal language that are someone examples

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  on figurative language, including similes and metaphors.

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  Similes use the word as or like and with the

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  fours do not use the words like or as