1. Figurative v. Literal Language

2. Figurative v. Literal Language
Figurative language- Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. (Hyperbole, Imagery, Irony Metaphor, Personification, Simile, etc.)
Literal Language: Language that means exactly what is says.
Literal Language
Figurative Language
He is 6 feet 5 inches tall.
He is as tall as a giraffe!
She typically stays up past 3:00 am.
She is a night owl.
Grandpa is 97 years old.
Grandpa is older than dirt!
It has been over a week since I watered my plants
My flowers were begging for water.

3. Practice: Literal v. Figurative
1. I received a 97 on my vocab quiz.
2. This school has a million rules.
3. He is a busy as a bee.
4. The book is blue.
5. He is a saint for helping me with my homework.
6. The house was three stories tall.
7. She has her head in the clouds.
Literal
Figurative
Figurative
Literal
Figurative
Literal
Figurative

4. Types of Figurative Language: Hyperbole
Hyperbole: Exaggeration used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression.
Example: Steve never stops talking.

5. Types of Figurative Language: Imagery
Imagery: the literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses. When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing.
Example: I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.

6. Types of Figurative Language: Irony
Irony: the situation in which someone says or does something, but means another thing or intends for something else to happen that would be contrary to thought. In literature, there are three main subtypes of irony. They are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony.
Verbal Irony- In this type of irony, a character or speaker in the narrative will say or do something that is the opposite of what he means or intends.
For example, in a story, the wife of a thief might tell her husband to, “do the respectable thing and bring back some jewels tonight so that we can have food on the table tomorrow.
Dramatic Irony- a type of irony in which the audience is aware of something that is happening in the narrative that a character in the story does not know. 
For example, in a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.
Situational Irony- a difference in what is expected to happen and what actually takes place
For example, a history teacher fails a history test.

7. Types of Figurative Language: Personification
Personification: a literary device in which human attributes and qualities are given to nonhuman or inanimate objects.
Example: a sentence may say, “the old hardwood floor groaned under the weight of the heavy table.”

8. Types of Figurative Language: Metaphor
Metaphor: a phrase of words that makes a comparison between two unlike objects without using the words "like" and/or "as”.
Example: The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.

9. Types of Figurative Language: Simile
Simile: a figure of speech that uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike objects. The purpose of the simile is to give information about one object that is unknown by the reader by comparing it to something with which the reader is familiar.
Example: The dog was as white as snow.

10. *Bonus Question: Which type of Irony?
Personification
Metaphor
Practice:
Hyperbole
Simile
Imagery
1. After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.
2. Nothing can stop our team from winning the championship.
3. Steve’s answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.
4. The party died as soon as she left.
5. There was a robbery at the police station.
6. His eyes are as blue as the ocean.
Hyperbole
*Bonus Question: Which type of Irony?
Situational

11. This presentation presents language in a very creative way
This presentation presents language in a very creative way. You will analyze the language and guess the topic through visualization created
Imagery Guessing Game

12. Poem 1 Transparent chunks of stone beating like fists
on rooftops, pinging like darts off of
windshields.
Slapping and bouncing off the ground
creating a carpet of cloudy beads.
Be careful! Take cover! Hide!
Showers of small, yet gigantic pebbles
bombard in all directions,
Never-ending torrents. Will it end soon?

13. Poem 2 A winking eye over the horizon sending endless
rays of golden-orange and yellow blends
Like a group of friends forming a team.
Slowly, silently, sleekly, the eye opens,
Revealing white brightness that washes the
brilliant colors away,
Sending the ball of fire high, higher, to the
highest peak of the sky.

14. Poem 3 Spirals of soft curls spin,
Bouncing like millions of tiny balls
let loose in a frenzy.
Colliding in soft bumps,
no sounds to be heard as they hit,
Yet they continue their game as if in
a frenzy on a basketball court.
The jump rope game continues as joyous
laughter fills the air.

15. Poem 4 Reaching, reaching, reaching,
Right and left, up and down, side to side,
Creating tangles among themselves.
Dropping gems of gold, orange and red to
the ground as the gentle breeze puffs its cheeks,
Blowing in spurts to unleash the colors.

16. Poem 5 Splashes of delicious fruit flavors gliding across
the rough surfaces of my tongue,
Flowing like liquid race cars competing for the
finish line,
Quenching the most intense of thirsts,
Cooling and refreshing like a spring morning
waking the world from its sound sleep.