Figurative Language

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. 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.

5. Metaphor Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.” Examples All the world is a stage. Love is a red rose. Her heart is stone.

6. Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples The sunlight danced. Water on the lake shivers. The computer devoured the Information.

7. 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.

8. 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.”

9. Oxymoron • When two words are put together that contradict each other. “Opposites” • Jumbo Shrimp • Pretty Ugly • Exact Estimate

10. Euphemism • The substitution of a mild and pleasant expression for a harsh and blunt one. • Reduction in staff= you are fired • Collateral damage= accidental death of civilians

11. Practice On a separate sheet of paper… • I will put an example of figurative language on the board. • You will write whether it is a simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, hyperbole, or euphemism. • You can use your notes.

12. 1 He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

13. 2 Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

14. 3 My uncle was sent to a correctional facility for six months.

15. 4 The sun was beating down on me.

16. 5 She had a sad smile on her face when she got out of the car.

17. 6 I'd rather take bathswith a man-eating shark,or wrestle a lionalone in the dark,eat spinach and liver,pet ten porcupines,than tackle the homework,my teacher assigns.

18. 7 Ravenous and savagefrom its longpolar journey,the North Windis searchingfor food—

19. 8 That homework assignment was a piece of cake!

20. 9 My brother applied for a job with the city as a sanitation engineer.

21. 10 The purse at the flea market was a genuine imitation of the one I saw at the Coach store.

22. 11. • The clouds smiled down at me.

23. 12. • My dad is going to kill me when he sees my report card!

24. 13. • She is as sweet as candy

25. 14. • I could sleep forever!

26. 15. • I wanted the newest Apple Macbook for Christmas, but my mom said no because it costs an arm and a leg.

27. 16. • Heather is vertically challenged so she was unable to ride The Intimidator at Carowinds.

28. 17. • The wheat field was a sea of gold.

29. 18. • The streets called to him.

30. 19. The steaks my mom grilled tasted funny because they had freezer burn.

31. 20. My mom got mad when I picked my best friend instead of my cousin to go to the beach with me and said, “You should have asked your cousin to go. Blood is thicker than water.”

32. 21. • One of the saddest days of my life was when I had to put my cat to sleep.

33. 22. • That gossip about One Direction is old news.

34. 23. • Your face is killing me!

35. 24. • She was as white as a ghost.

36. 25. • She has a skeleton in her closet.