A Writer’s fancy use of language to convey different meanings.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE A Writer’s fancy use of language to convey different meanings

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGEA Writer’s fancy use of language to

convey different meanings

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:Figurative language refers to a way of using

description to create a special image and bring out one's emotions. There are several types of figurative language that we will focus on this unit:

SIMILEMETAPHORPERSONIFICATIONHYPERBOLEIMAGERY

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SIMILE

- A figure of speech in which two UNALIKE things are compared using “like” or “as”

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IS THIS A SIMILE?

“HE FIGHTS LIKE A LION”

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WHY?

LIKE

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IS THIS A SIMILE?“SHE DANCES AS GRACEFULLY AS A SWAN

MOVES ON WATER”

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WHY?

AS

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METAPHOR-- A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common

-- Comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.

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IS THIS A METAPHOR?“YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE

OF MY LIFE”

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WHY? HOW? You ARE…

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IS THIS A METAPHOR? “SHE BRIGHTENS MY DAY LIKE

THE SUN BEAMS ON CRYSTAL WATER”

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WHY NOT? SHE IS “LIKE”…

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PERSONIFICATION-- the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions.

-- the representation of human characteristics in a nonhuman object of idea.

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PERSONIFICATION? “FEAR KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.”

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WHY? HOW?

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PERSONIFICATION?

“OREO: Milk’s favorite cookie”

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HOW?

Looks like it’s enjoying it to me

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HYPERBOLE- A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.

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Is this a HYPERBOLE? "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong."

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WHY? WHY NOT?

IS LIKE

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Is this a HYPERBOLE? "My toaster has never once worked properly in four years. I follow the instructions and push two slices of bread down in the slots, and seconds later they rifle upwards. Once they broke the nose of a woman I loved dearly."

-Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates."

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HOW?

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What about? -Your momma’s so fat…she can’t even float in space

-Your momma’s so fat…she turned around and it was her birthday again

-Your momma’s so dumb…she waited all day at a stop sign

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IMAGERY- The use of vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste).

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CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN….The chilly weather settles into your bones.Those once green leaves turnRed, yellow, orange, and brown.CRRNCH! go the leaves,,Beneath  your feet.The birds fly in a victory “V” formation,To where the sun rules the skies.The days of winter are lurking aroundWaiting to be free falling.

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DID YOU PICTURE?