FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Definition: Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true Also known.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Definition: Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true Also known as Figures of Speech or Literary Devices

SIMILE Definition: When one thing is compared to another using like or as Example: The bear hiding in my closet was like a furry mountain.

METAPHOR Definition: When you directly compare two unlike things Example: The bear hiding in my closet was a furry mountain. =

ONOMATOPOEIA Definition: Words whose sounds imitate their meanings Example: BOOM, BANG, WHOOSH RING DING

PERSONIFICATION Definition: Giving a plant, animal, or object human abilities and reactions Example: The dog tried to order pizza from the Krusty Krab.

ALLITERATION Definition: The repetition of a single beginning sound/letter in words that are close together Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

HYPERBOLE Definition: An extreme exaggeration Example: The hamburger Joe ate was as big as his head.

IDIOM Definition: A common expression which should not be taken literally Example: It was raining cats and dogs last night!

WARM-UP 4/6/16 Directions: Identify each type of figurative language, what it means literally, and what it means figuratively. Example: “We have torn ourselves from the truth” (ch. 7) Metaphor Literal = Ripped away from another object Figurative = Separated ourselves from what we know is right 1.“We hold the future of mankind in our hands” (ch. 7) 2.“The walls are cracked and water runs upon them in thin threads without sound, black and glistening blood.” (ch. 1) 3.“The fields are black and plowed and they are like a great fan before us” (ch. 2)

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY Create your own examples of figurative language using characters, plot events, etc. from Anthem. At the top of each box, write the type of figurative language being used Underneath each box, write a sentence pertaining to Anthem that uses that type of figurative language. In each box, draw a colorful picture depicting the sentence. On the back of your sheet, explain what each of your drawings literally AND figuratively means. Idiom Equality broke the chains of the dystopian society. Literal: Was imprisoned, but has escaped Figurative: Freed himself from the harsh rules