1. Figurative Language

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. Romeo Juliet

5. is the Sun!!!

7. This is SO not worth it!

8. 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)

9. “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

10. Juliet Metaphor Like/As Simile Difference Between Metaphor and Simile Direct Indirect

11. Hyperbole ● A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intended to be literally true ● An exaggeration made for effect

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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!

15. Personification ● Human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things ● Something not human is described as if it were human

16. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore!” - Edgar Allen Poe

17. 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

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. She is sly like a fox

25. Clank

26. It feels like I hit a brick wall!

27. The mountain held the town

28. The sea will be his watery grave

29. He ate everything at the house

30. Squeeze the silent, startled snake in September

31. The jingling bells

32. All the world is a stage

33. Dead as a doornail

34. Kicked the bucket

35. I could eat a horse

36. The pen ran across the paper

37. The big bee buzzed behind the bonnet

38. Flash in the pan

39. His voice is the roar of a lion

40. The pig sighed in disbelief

41. He threw it a thousand miles per hour

42. As big as the sky

43. Boom

44. The clouds cried

45. Hanging by a moment

46. Spun like a top

47. Always arrest angry alligators

48. War rages on like a forest fire

49. The wind whispered a secret

50. She appeared like an angel from the sky