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Figurative Language

simile. assonance. Figurative Language. personification. hyperbole. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Figurative Language. VS. Literal Language. More on Literal. To be literal is to mean what you say. For example:. My meaning is exactly what I say.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile assonance Figurative Language personification hyperbole metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Figurative Language VS Literal Language

  3. More on Literal To be literal is to mean what you say. For example: My meaning is exactly what I say. If I tell you to sit down! I mean it literally: “sit down,” as in: “sit in your seat now, please.” Joyet 2004

  4. and more on Literal Here’s another example. I’m tired and going home. I mean exactly what I say. This means “I’m tired and I’m going home” there is no other meaning other than what is said. Joyet 2004

  5. Figurative To be figurative is to not mean what you say but imply something else. I’m not suggesting we get into the freezer. For example: If, I tell you: “let’s go chill!” Joyet 2004

  6. Figurative continued “let’s go chill” … It has nothing to do with temperature. …means let’s relax together and do something fun. Joyet 2004

  7. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  8. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  9. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

  10. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  11. Personification to describe something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

  12. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  13. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  14. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

  15. Assonance: The repetition of internal vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

  16. Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

  17. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds

  18. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  19. Hyperbole: Exaggeration

  20. I will never speak to her again! • I ate a ton of pizza. • If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times.

  21. Categorize each of the following in the graphic organizer…

  22. As sharp as a tack • He’s a pill • Boom! • The fog crept up the shore • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!“ • I’ve got tons of work to do!

  23. Now you try! Create three examples of Each on your own!

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