HYPERBOLE FOR 4-315….

I CAN…. UNDERSTAND HOW AUTHORS INCORPORATE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE INTO TEXT TO ENHANCE MEANING. Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

I CAN… INCORPORATE FIGURATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE INTO MY WRITINGINCORPORATE FIGURATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE INTO MY WRITING CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.D Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.D

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE INTERPRETED IN A LITERAL SENSE. APPEALING TO THE IMAGINATION, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD. IT ALWAYS MAKES USE OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT THINGS. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE COMPARES TWO THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN ENOUGH WAYS SO THAT THEIR SIMILARITIES WHEN POINTED OUT, ARE INTERESTING, UNIQUE AND-OR SURPRISING!

SIMILES:

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

IN LITERATURE…. When I was little," he said, "we used to play this game called King of the Hill. There would be a big mountain of dirt or gravel. All the kids would scramble to the top. Then we'd push each other knock each other down the mountain. The one kid who was still at the top at the end was the king of the hill…. The President of the United States is sorta like the king of the hill. I guess if I could get you elected, it would be sorta like I was king of the hill, too."

SIMILE By ten o'clock, reporters started gathering out on the front lawn, setting up cameras and satellite hookups. Some guy was trying to interview me with a bullhorn. I pulled the shades down. It was like The Night of the Living Dead, when the zombies are trying to claw their way into the house. "A President has to be a lot like a box, right. Dad?

METAPHORS: I AM A ROCK…I AM AN ISLAND……

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

METAPHORS Reporters are worse than animals…

PERSONIFICATION….

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

PERSONIFICATION: “America eats up celebrities and spits them out and the nation is about to clear its throat of you, Moon?”

PERSONIFCATION: "Politics changes a person," she said, pointing her bony finger at me. "It rips your heart out and puts a stone in its place."

ALLURING ALLITERATION...

ALLURING ALLITERATION… Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. REMARKABLE REPTILES… Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. AL THE ALLIGATOR IS ALWAYS AWESOME!

ASSONANCE

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

ONOMATOPEIA

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

HYPERBOLE DEFINITION: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

HYPERBOLE Author’s use colorful exaggerations to add interest to a story. “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” is much more interesting than “I’m hungry.” Instead of saying that we lived in a small town, “The town I grew up in was so small, we had to drive to the city to get gossip.”

HYPERBOLE My grandmother is as old as the hills. Your suitcase weighs a ton! She is as heavy as an elephant! I am dying of shame. I am trying to solve a million issues these days.

HYPERBOLE When a man —or woman — comes along who really wants to lead this country and not just play politics, then I'll pull the lever for 'em. Till then, I'll sit here on this porch and watch the world go down the toilet.

AS YOU READ… CONSIDER THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THE AUTHOR USES IN THE TEXT. STOP AND JOT THE EXAMPLE. DESCRIBE THE “LITERAL” MEANING AND HOW IT ENHANCES WHAT THE AUTHOR IS TRYING TO EXPRESS.