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Figurative Language
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Definition Also called Figures of Speech, writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally. They include metaphors, similes, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, idioms, analogies, imagery, alliteration, assonance, and symbolism.
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Metaphors ● A direct comparison between two dissimilar items ● One thing is spoken or written about as if it were another ● Formula: The (first subject) is a (second subject).
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Romeo Juliet
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is the Sun!!!
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This is SO not worth it!
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Simile ● An indirect comparison between two dissimilar items ● Uses the words: like, as, than, appears, and seems. ● A comparison using like or as ● Formula: (Subject A) is like (Subject B)
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“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.” - Forest Gump As good as gold. - Charles Dickens She walks in beauty like the night - Lord Byron
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Juliet Metaphor Like/As Simile Difference Between Metaphor and Simile Direct Indirect
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Hyperbole ● A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intended to be literally true ● An exaggeration made for effect
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Your hiding something cuz it's burning through your eyes. - New Found Glory An hundred years should go to praise thine eyes and on they forehead gaze - Andrew Marvell
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Onomatopoeia ● The use of words or phrases that sound like what they name ● Can also refer to an entire line of text where the sounds of the words are used to convey the meaning of the text
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My stick fingers click with a snicker and chuckling, they knuckle the keys. - John Updike Oh CRASH! my BASH! it's BANG! the ZANG! Fourth WHOOSH! of BAROOM! July WHEW!
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Personification ● Human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things ● Something not human is described as if it were human
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore!” - Edgar Allen Poe
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Idioms ● An expression whose meaning cannot be determined by the literal meanings of the words, but has a figurative meaning based on conventional use ● Very similar to a slang term Wild Goose Chase Threw him a curve ball I'll cross that bridge when I come to it
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Analogies ● An analogy is a comparison of things that are alike in some ways but different in others ● Formally seen as: “Shoes are to feet as tires are to cars.” ● Formula: A:B::C:D A country boy in the city acts like a small fish in a big pond in that they're both completely unprepared, and both have a lot of adapting to do.
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Alliteration ● the same sound appears at the beginning of two or more consecutive words ● Commonly seen in Tongue Twisters ● Kit Carson County Community College ● Descending Dewdrops ● Keen Car
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Assonance ● Repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words ● Most commonly found within the word, not at the beginning The black cat whacked the rat with a bat. Hear the mellow wedding bells
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Imagery ● Language that creates a concrete representation of an object or experience ● Anything that addresses the senses, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings, or actions ● Sizzling bacon ● Scent of fresh flowers ● Feel of sand beneath your feet ● Dark clouds looming on the horizon ● Bitter taste of saltwater
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Symbolism ● Something that stands for or represents itself and something else ● Something that evokes a range of meaning beyond its literal meaning Tyger, tyger burning bright in the forests of the night, what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry - William Blake The Tyger stands as an actual tiger but also all other things considered evil
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Your Assignment ● Using your poetry booklet, you are to find 5 examples of each type of Figurative Language which the following exceptions: Alliteration, Assonance, Analogies ● Along with identifying it, pick one example and explain how it meets the definition of the Figure of Speech on your Graphic Organizer T
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She is sly like a fox
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Clank
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It feels like I hit a brick wall!
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The mountain held the town
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The sea will be his watery grave
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He ate everything at the house
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Squeeze the silent, startled snake in September
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The jingling bells
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All the world is a stage
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Dead as a doornail
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Kicked the bucket
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I could eat a horse
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The pen ran across the paper
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The big bee buzzed behind the bonnet
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Flash in the pan
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His voice is the roar of a lion
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The pig sighed in disbelief
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He threw it a thousand miles per hour
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As big as the sky
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Boom
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The clouds cried
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Hanging by a moment
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Spun like a top
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Always arrest angry alligators
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War rages on like a forest fire
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The wind whispered a secret
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She appeared like an angel from the sky
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