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Figurative and Connotative Language
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Figurative Language
Connotative Meaning
Figurative vs. Connotative Language
-Compares two or more things.
-Helps reader visualize events and emotions in the story.
The author's use of words contributes to our understanding of text.
-Would you rather trudge through the snow or stroll through the snow?
-The verbs have different connotative meanings.
-What meaning does each verb suggest?
Writers can also use words to help readers image what is happening in the text. This is called figurative language.
The suggested association of a word.
-Can be positive or negative.
-Ex. "Chick" can be associated with a girl.
"Cheap" can be associated with a person who doesn't like to spend money.
Imagery
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Describes something by saying it is something else.
- Ex. The classroom was a zoo.
Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.
Ex. Lightning danced across the sky.
Words that describe sounds.
-Ex. Crack crack!
Screech!
Honk-Honk!
Compares to things using "like" or "as".
-Ex. Rudolph's nose was as red as a cherry.
Uses one of the five senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, or sound) to create a mental picture of something.
-Ex. I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.
Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.
Activity
Denotative Meaning
EI.RL. 9.1- determine the figurative and connotative meaning of words and phrases.
The dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
-Ex. Chick- a newly hatched bird.
Cheap- Low in price.