Figurative Language
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Personification – Gives human characteristics to inanimate (nonhuman) objects.
Ex. The old truck coughed.
Simile – Compares 2 things using like or as
Ex. She is like a bear in winter.
Metaphor- Compares 2 things w/o using like or as.
Ex. The lunchroom was a zoo.
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Hyperbole – the use of exaggeration to make a point or to be funny. The drama queen figure of speech.
He has a brain the size of a pea.
Listen Hyperbole by Flocabulary
Idiom - a common saying that doesn’t mean exactly what it says (Not the literal meaning, but the figurative meaning. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements
Ex. She is in hot water. Keep tabs on. It's raining cats and dogs.
Alliteration – The repetition of beginning sounds
Ex. Several silly serpents
Onomatopoeia - Words that imitate sounds
Ex. Smash, bam, crack
Upper Grade
Imagery – When an author uses words or phrases that paint a picture in the reader’s head and uses the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell
Ex. Day after day the sky was gray as rain spattered against the windows. Rain dripped steadily from the leaves of the maple tree. Soon everything in the room smelled musty. Even the sheets felt clammy. p. 48 Sadako by Coerr
Symbolism – the use of an object to stand for something abstract.
Ex. Red sun stands for blood or death. Sunshine for hope,
Foreshadowing- When an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in his/her story. It's a way of not giving all the information at once. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_literary_device_foreshadowing_mean#ixzz1WcRMW6AZ
Flashbacks- This is a writers’ technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time (goes back in time; like giving the reader a memory). This device is often used to provide additional information to the reader.
Figurative Language Song Project
Directions
Find a song with good imagery and figures of speech
Highlight and label two figures of speech
Highlight and label good imagery
Post on web site and copy and paste to link below.
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