Figurative Language English 10 Poetry Unit Figurative Language Figurative language is language that is not meant to be understood literally. To understand.

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Figurative Language English 10 Poetry Unit

Figurative Language Figurative language is language that is not meant to be understood literally. To understand figurative language, you must think about it!

Metaphor A metaphor states that one thing is another thing and has a tenor, ground and vehicle.

Simile A simile is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things using like or as _________ as etcetera.

Personification Personification is giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

Are the following expressions examples of Personification SimileSimile Or Metaphor?Metaphor?

The Alarm clock went off like a bomb!

Simile

The ants marched home.

Personification

S he ’ s as mad as a hatter!

Simile

Sun went to bed!

Personification

The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

Metaphor

She was as quiet as a mouse.

Simile

The trees whispered to each other in the darkness.

Personification

The frog’s tongue moved like lightening.

Simile

She ate the mountain of food greedily.

Metaphor

Oxymoron An oxymoron is a two word statement where the two words contradict each other.

Paradox A paradox is a statement that seems to be impossible.

Pun A pun is a deliberate confusion between two words or phrases that sound the same. Puns are usually meant to be jokes.

Are the following expressions examples ofOxymoronParadox OrPun?

The people we love the most often become those we hate the most.

PARADOX

Giant Shrimp

OXYMORON

Deep down he's really very shallow.

Paradox

Police were called to a daycare where a three- year-old was resisting a rest.

PUN

Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand. Gracian

PARADOX

Some children think that their parents are all no-ing.

PUN

They have ears but hear not.

PARADOX

Balding Hair

OXYMORON

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

PUN

Man must choose to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them. Ivan Illich

PARADOX