Mr. Sabolcik West Forsyth HS 2012. Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Hyperbole ...

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Mr. Sabolcik West Forsyth HS 2012

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Mr. SabolcikWest Forsyth HS2012

Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification

Make a T-Chart!

Literal Figurative

Literal Maintains the

same meaning regardless of who is reading it.

Stays absolutely true to the intended meaning of the words.

“That is a piece of cake” =

Figurative the use of words in

such a way where the literal meaning of the words is not true or does not make sense

However, we get what the author means.

It is used so that authors can be fresh, creative, and clear.

“That is a piece of cake” = Math Test: 1+1=?

Figurative or Literal? I love school! That test was harder than a rock. The quarterback flew past the

defender. Lamar is faster than the speed of

light. Mr. Sabolcik is old.

SIMILE

Figurative Language

Comparison of two unlike things using “Like” or “As” (or “As though” or “than”)

"My love is like a red, red rose."

“His temper was as explosive as a volcano.”

Metaphor

Has “like” or “as”

Flint by Christina Rosetti

An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is like a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire.

What are the two things being compared in each simile and how are they similar?

Write a simile and explain how your simile compares the two things.

Begin your simile: “My pet is like a…”

Think, Pair, Share! Be prepared to share yours with the class.

METAPHOR

“Life is a journey full of ups and downs.”

- A comparison between 2 unlike things to show similarity

- No explicit words (like, as, than)

Simile

No “like,” “as,”Or “Than”

“Tyler is the Michael Jordan of English I.”

Figurative Language

Explain the Metaphor!Explain the Metaphor!

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.

What are the two things being compared and how are they similar?What does it mean that life is a broken-winged bird? What does the poet tell us about life without dreams?

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

What are the two things being compared and how are they similar?What does it mean that life is a barren, frozen field? What does the poet tell us about life without dreams?

Write a sentence with a metaphor and explain the relationship between the two things it compares.

Begin your metaphor in the following way: Friendship is a …(thing)…

Think, Pair, Share! Be prepared to share your work with

the class.

Hyperbole

Figurative Language

- An exaggeration.

- It adds emphasis to words or phrases!

James is faster than light.

Sabolcik is ancient!

Quickwrite: Explain the hyperbole! These books weigh…

I Ate a Spicy Pepper by Mr. Sabolcik

I ate a spicy pepperFrom my brother on a dare.The pepper caught my head on fireAnd burned off all my hair.

My mouth erupted lavaAnd my tongue began to melt.My ears were shooting jets of steam.At least that’s how they felt.

Adds a more colorful or exciting emphasis

Gets the reader’s attention Comedic effects

Write your own hyperbole about how great English I is, and describe what effect it has on your reader!

Be prepared to share your work with the class for participation points!

Personification

Figurative Language

- When a writer gives human characteristics or qualities to a non-human thing

Metaphor

This is a more specificKind of metaphor whereNon-human things do Something that humans do

“The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.”

“The funeral raced by me in a blur.”

Quickwrite: How is this personification?

Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room.

"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"said the sunflowers, shining with dew."Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a view?"

They arranged themselves at the windowand counted the steps of the sun,and they both took root in the carpetwhere the topaz tortoises run. 

Use a personification to describe something within your reach right now.

Think, Pair, Share!

Onomatopoeia

Figurative Language

- When a word sounds like what it describes

Thud Boom!

Meow

Cynthia in the SnowIt SUSHES.It hushesThe loudness in the road.It flitter-twitters,And laughs away from me.  Gwendolyn BrooksIt laughs a lovely whiteness,And whitely whirs away,To be,Some otherwhere,Still white as milk or shirts.So beautiful it hurts.

Write your own onomatopoeia! For each of the following situations:

Someone slips on a banana peel Car drives b y Someone feels angry The door slams shut A gun is shot

Oxymoron

Figurative Language

-a combination of contradictory words that are next to each other

Paradox

This is a more specificKind of metaphor whereNon-human things do Something that humans do

“Living Dead”

“Jumbo Shrimp”

“Light Darkness”

An oxymoron can be used by a reader to deliberately bring attention to a contradiction.

For example Wilfred Owen, in his poem “The Send-off” refers to soldiers leaving for the front line, who "lined the train with faces grimly gay.“ In this case the oxymoron grimly gay highlights the

contradiction between how the soldiers feel and how they act: though putting on a brave face and acting gay, they actually feel grim

Whoever gets the most wins!

IDIOM

-groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words -Common phrase that is not meant to be taken literally, but everyone knows what it means.

“It’s raining cats and dogs!”

"Put a lid on it."

Figurative Language

Metaphor

An idiom doesn’t

Compare different

Things. It’s just a common phrase.

Common Idioms That test was a piece of cake! Even when John was in the voting booth,

he was still on the fence for who he wanted to be President.

She really missed the boat with that joke. That car probably costs an arm and a leg!

Why might people from other countries who speak a foreign language have a hard time with idioms?

Imagery

-When words appeal to the senses very precisely!-When something is described by using sight, sound, taste, smell, and feel.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Picture

Imagery makes anImpression on your senses. It affects you!

“He fumed and charged like an angry bull.”

“The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.”

On a starry winter night in PortugalWhere the ocean kissed the southern shoreThere a dream I never thought would come to passCame and went like time spent through an hourglass

-Teena Marie, “Portuguese Love”

Allegory

Metaphor

Longer. The comparison lasts the entire poem or story.

Figurative Language

- Extended comparison where every character and situation takes on another meaning.

- Longer metaphor.

George Orwell’s Animal FarmChristina Rossetti’s “Uphill”

First, it's a seed,She has special needs.Then she grows into a plant,That grows up saying I can't.

Then she turns into a bud,The color red as blood.Then she grows thorns in her stem,To keep away from them.

Then she blooms,No longer hiding in her cocoon.They then try to bring her down,Taking away her crown.

They really enjoy it most of all,Watching her petals fall.She now starts to wither,Turning the color of leather.

She's starting to die,From hearing all those lies.She then falls to the ground,Not wanting to be found.

Symbol

Simile

Figurative Language

-An object or action that means more than just itself-Concrete thing that means more than meets the eye

Green – Symbol for stop

Coffin – Symbol for death

Relationship betweenSymbol and its meaningIs determined by reader,Not author.

The sick roseO Rose, thou art sick!The invisible wormThat flies in the night,In the howling storm,Has found out thy bedOf crimson joy,And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy.

William Blake

Think of a symbol for how you feel about this class. What is your symbol and why did you choose it?

Poetic Devices!AlliterationAssonance

Alliteration

Poetic Device - Repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words

Consonance

Alliteration occurs onlyWith the FIRST letter orSound in the group of words

“Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”

Dunkin’ Donuts

Assonance

Poetic Device - Repetition of VOWEL sounds anywhere in words next to each other

Alliteration

Alliteration deals withConsonants in the beginning; Assonance Deals with vowels anywhere!

"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese“ – Pink Floyd

"Strips of tinfoil winking like people“ – Sylvia Plath

Gives the words more rhythm Connects the words together more

Adds emphasis to the words Makes us remember the phrase more

It “sticks” in our minds The sounds that words make can set the

mood or tone of the poem when we read it aloud. “Pitter patter” is quick and light “GOOD FREND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE…

CURST BE HE THAT MOVES MY BONES” … the oohs are ghost-like and omnious

Before we get to work, are there any questions?