1. Warm-Up Why do you think writers and speakers use figurative language
Warm-Up Why do you think writers and speakers use figurative language? Prefix: ante- Meaning: before Example: antecedent—that which comes before

2. HOUSE ON MANGO STREET RESPONSE -5 1/2 MINUTES TO PREP -BE READY TO STAND IN FRONT OF THE CLASS

3. Instructions
You have 35 minutes to… 1. Review the PowerPoint 2. Complete the “Literary Terms sheet” as you review the PowerPoint 3. I will be checking you off at the end of 35 minutes

4. 8th Grade Literary Terms

5. Simile
A comparison between two unlike things that uses the word “like” or “as.”
Example:
The moon appeared as a large drop of blood.
Jake was like Michael Jordan out there on the court tonight.

6. Metaphor A comparison between two things not usually
compared to each other.
Example:
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
Her hair, a spider web of tangles.

7. Personification an inanimate object. Example:
Using human Characteristics to describe
an inanimate object.
Example:
The wind gnawed at her dress.

8. Idiom
An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal.
Example:
All Bark and No Bite
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Cash Cow

9. Hyperbole
AN EXAGERATION

10. Allusion

11. Example of Allusion in Harry Potter
Example of an Allusion
Example of Allusion in Harry Potter
This video is meant to show you how new authors use allusions—it is not intended to discuss anything religious. This is an OPTIONAL video if you want to watch.
The above video shows how a modern book of literature, the Harry Potter series, characters are allusions (references, based on) those of Bible.