Figurative Language

November 4/5

Do Now –Write Agree or Disagree for Each Statement

1. The true meaning of a poem can only be understood by the person who wrote it.

2. Poems are always about emotions.3. Poems always rhyme.4. Poems are boring.5. No poem can ever be completely understood.6. The sound of words is important in poetry.7. Each poem has its own rhythm.8. A good poem makes you feel something.9. Poems are quick and easy to write.10. Poems should use standard English/conventions of grammar.

Notes -Figurative Language

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onomatopoeia• alliteration • simile

metaphor personification idiom hyperbole

Seven Techniques of Figurative Language

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Onomatopoeia in practice

Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings.

For example; buzz, thump, pop.

Many comic strips use onomatopoeia.

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Onomatopoeia

Examples of the onomatopoeia:• Bang, went the gun!

• Swoosh went the basketball through the hoop.

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Alliteration

A poetic device which repeats the same beginning sound for effect. Examples of Alliteration:• Sally Sells Seashells By The Sea

Shore• Rolling, Racing, Roaring,

Rapids

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AlliterationAlliteration is a sentence or phrase that begins with the same letter and sound.

Tongue twisters are generally alliterations. For example: busy batters bat baseballs by bases.

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Simile

Examples:

She is like a rainy day.• He is as busy as a bee.• They are like two peas in a pod.

A simile is a figurative language technique where a comparison is made using like or as.

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SimileA figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.

Example:“Life is like a box of chocolates”

Practice

• Working in Groups:

• Come up with 4 examples of Simile

• Use the Whiteboard for Your Answers

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Metaphor

A poetic comparison that does not use the words like or as. Examples of metaphors:She is a graceful swan.He is a golden god.They are honey from the honeycomb.

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MetaphorA figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily

designates one thing is used to designate another

An implicit (implied) comparison

Example: “a sea of troubles” “All the world‘s a stage”

Practice

• Working in Groups:

• Come up with 4 examples of metaphor

• Use the Whiteboard for Your Answers

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Brian was a wall, bouncing everytennis ball back over the net.

This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because __________.

a. He was very strong.b. He was very tall.c. He kept returning the balls.d. His body was made of cells.

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We would have had more pizza to eat ifTammy hadn’t been such a hog.

Tammy was being compared to a hog because she __________.

a. looked like a hog b. ate like a hogc. smelled like a hogd. was as smart as a hog

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Cindy was such a mule. We couldn’tget her to change her mind.

The metaphor compares Cindy to a mule because she was __________.

a. always eating oatsb. able to do hard workc. raised on a farmd. very stubborn

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The poor rat didn’t have a chance. Our old cat, a bolt of lightning, caught his prey.

The cat was compared to a bolt of lightning because he was _______.

a. very fast b. very brightc. not fond of fleas d. very old

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Even a child could carry my dog,Dogface, around for hours. He’ssuch a feather.

This metaphor implies that Dogface:a. is not cute b. looks like a birdc. is not heavy d. can fly

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Personification

Personification is a figurative language technique in which human characteristics are given to nonhuman things.

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Personification

The leaves danced in the wind

Example of personification:

The heat ripped the breath from her lungs.

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Personification

Examples of Personification:

Hunger sat shivering on the road

Flowers danced about the lawn.

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PersonificationExamples:• The sleeping water reflected the

evening sky. • Humidity breathed in the girl's

face and ran its greasy fingers through her hair.• The tree arrested the oncoming

car.

Practice

• Working in Groups:

• Come up with 4 examples of Personification

• Use the Whiteboard for Your Answers

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Idiom An idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements.

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Idiom

An idiom is a figurative language technique that does not mean what is being said.

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Idiom

Remember what literal means? This is the opposite.Think about it. When you tell your hommie “chill,” are you suggesting they walk into a freezer? No.

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Idiom

Idioms are known as regional speech, dialect, slang, jargon, or legal idiom.

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IdiomDude! I can’t understand the idiom all by itself. It takes reference. Like I need to know how whacked you want to get before I can think of tangling with you.

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IdiomsMore examples of idioms:

• Mommy says: “Daddy is a little pigeon toad.”• We were chewing the fat.• It’s raining cats and dogs. • She’s as sharp as a tack.• I wish he would kick the bucket.

Practice

• Working in Groups:

• Come up with 4 examples of idiom

• Use the Whiteboard for Your Answers

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Hyperbole

• Is when one

exaggerates. •We use hyperbole all the

time when we want to

impress or stress.

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Hyperbole

“He never speaks to her.”

Never?

That is a very long time.

Hyperbole means to exaggerate.

Take for example:

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Hyperbole

• We have a ton of work.

A ton is a lot of work. A ton is

also two-thousand pounds.

Hyperbole example:

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Hyperbole

• I ate a thousand pounds of pasta.

A thousand pounds is also known

as a ton, this person must be

really obese.

Hyperbole example:

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Hyperbole

• I told you a million times.

I don’t mind repeating myself, but

a million times? That’s a lot.

Hyperbole example:

Practice

• Working in Groups:

• Come up with 4 examples of hyperbole

• Use the Whiteboard for Your Answers

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We’ve looked at

Seven Figurative Language. techniques: • onomatopoeia• alliteration • simile

metaphor personification idiom hyperbole

Homework

• Quiz Next Class – Literary Devices