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STARS: Strategies to Achieve Reading Success

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Steve’s face turned as white as snow. What type of figurative language is this? Explain.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Amy is a walking encyclopedia. What type of figurative language is this? Explain.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Mel passed the test by the skin of her teeth. What type of figurative language is this? Explain.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Authors use figurative language to help readers create pictures in their mind. Similes, metaphors, and idioms are all examples of figurative language.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Simile – compares two things using like or as to connect them.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language metaphor – compares or describes one thing in terms of another—does not use like or as.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language idiom – A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the literal meanings Example: Keep tabs on, caught red handed

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Personification-gives human characteristics to inanimate objects The stars winked in the sky.

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Hyperbole-an exaggeration used to make a point. She was so tired she could sleep for a week!

Lesson 11-Interpreting Figurative Language Find a STARS book. Find your answer sheet. Turn to page 119. We will read this together. 